Good God this absolute need and desire to have government as the answer to all our problems just boggles my mind.More,more,more and then more government.
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Good God this absolute need and desire to have government as the answer to all our problems just boggles my mind.More,more,more and then more government.
Hate speech.....A matter of opinion.I dunno, uscitizen. Mebbe we should instead consider outlawing hate speech, as Germany has done.
With the equal time regulations of the past radio station managers avoided political issues altogether. There was NO talk radio.i can't believe anyone on the left would be whining about the fairness doctrine...the overall media is probably 90% left
there is so many different forms of media today, the fairness doctrine is no longer relevent. if you read the history of the fairness doctrine you would understand that. further, the fairness doctrine was not about stopping speech, so if anyone wanted to rant and rave, they still could.
I dunno, uscitizen. Mebbe we should instead consider outlawing hate speech, as Germany has done.
that sounds a bit more problematic.
I am not saying to bring back the Fairness Doctrine, just asking if it's demise has contributed to our current hate and vitrol filled media?
I know the knee jerk reaction of those on the far right everytime the Fairness Doctrine is mentioned though.
I do believe that our society is currently incapable of debating hate and fearmongering in the media without name calling and knee jerk reactions.
Why does the left need help from the government to balance out anything?..
We have an appetite for outrageous, including violence. In my view, that's the fundamental problem.
Again my question is did the removal of the fairness doctrine contribute to the current level of hate and fearmongering of the media?
So more News and less Politics is what i recommend for Media Outlets.
Yepper.
but as we have seen the people are to stupid to decide for themselves and must be spoon fed by the media. Sensationalism, fear and hate sell.
Again my question is did the removal of the fairness doctrine contribute to the current level of hate and fearmongering of the media?
Personally i would say no. There are many other factors that have been much bigger contributors to the current level of hate and fear mongering of the Media. One big factor was when they decided to merge Entertainment with real News. It all went downhill after that. Another big factor was when they decided to make News all about Politics. Straight News is something completely different than Politics. I mean is it really News that Republicans & Democrats hate each other? Personally i get sick of seeing endless reports on Democrats & Republicans hating each other. It's just not News in my opinion. So i don't think we need a Fairness Doctrine. I think we just need News Outlets to get back to reporting on real News from all around the World. They need to cut way back on the Politics. The People are starving for real News again. Ditch the Politics.
The only 'fairness doctrine' we need is for people to fairly take fucking responsibility for their own actions.
balancing speech not restricting it.
You do understand how the fairness doctrine worked don't you?
First off... Who's Balance??? By what measure.
Second... You cannot balance even with the best intentions without restriction and measure. Don't deny the obvious. The Fairness Doctrine was restriction of Free Speech. Censorship should be based on what Principles? There are just Lawful ways to address immediate concerns. What specifically would you change today if you had the power, and how would you justify it. Value for value, what would you do, that if inverted would show the same fairness?
It is not censorship in any way, you must just give equal time to opposing viewpoints.
The only 'fairness doctrine' we need is for people to fairly take fucking responsibility for their own actions.
The media isn't "people", it is industry. Should industry essential to our republic and national security be unregulated?