Freedom's a *****, ain't it?
The fairness doctrine of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, was a policy that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that fairly reflected differing viewpoints.
lol ... i don't think you know what that means when it comes to media:
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Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Same Script
“Unfortunately, some members of the media use their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control exactly what people think,” dozens of news anchors said last month, reading from a script provided by Sinclair Broadcast Group.Credit...fronch, via YouTube
By
Jacey Fortin and
Jonah Engel Bromwich
On local news stations across the United States last month, dozens of anchors gave the same speech to their combined millions of viewers.
It included a warning about fake news, a promise to report fairly and accurately and a request that viewers go to the station’s website and comment “if you believe our coverage is unfair.
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It may not have seemed strange to individual viewers. But Timothy Burke, the video director at Deadspin, had read
a report last month from CNN, which quoted local station anchors who were uncomfortable with the speech.
Mr. Burke tracked down the stations and found when each had aired what he called a “forced read.”
Then he
stitched together the various broadcasts to create a supercut of anchors eerily echoing the same lines:
“The sharing of biased and false news has become all too common on social media.”
“Some members of the media use their platforms to push their own personal bias.”
“This is extremely dangerous to our democracy.”