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Thu Aug-25-11 09:27 AM
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| 1. What Fairness Doctrine! |
| -Out, damned spot! FCC kills Fairness Doctrine again |
DainBramaged |
Aug-25-11 09:26 AM |
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What Fairness Doctrine! |
ananda |
Aug-25-11 09:27 AM |
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They're wiping it from the books |
BuelahWitch |
Aug-25-11 09:29 AM |
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Of course it has been if you are on the Right..... |
DainBramaged |
Aug-25-11 09:30 AM |
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In a nation with Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Micheal the Savage Weiner, Ann Coulter.. |
Fumesucker |
Aug-25-11 09:29 AM |
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Would you think it was "fair" if Rachel Maddow had to offer 'opposing viewpoints' on her show? |
robcon |
Aug-25-11 09:33 AM |
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I don't watch or listen to any of them and don't give a damn one way or another.. |
Fumesucker |
Aug-25-11 09:37 AM |
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'Ruling the airwaves' is just ratings: Maddow and O'Reilly should have free speech on their shows |
robcon |
Aug-25-11 09:42 AM |
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Only in the bizarro right-wing world does the Fairness Doctrine inhibit free speech. nt |
bananas |
Aug-25-11 10:07 AM |
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That's not how it worked. nt |
bananas |
Aug-25-11 10:05 AM |
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You don't understand the Fairness Doctrine at all. The repeal of it created your Fox News |
Lorien |
Aug-25-11 10:16 AM |
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How do you label a radio broadcast? |
Nuclear Unicorn |
Aug-25-11 10:41 AM |
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I'd like to see librarians put in charge of the airwaves, myself. |
LWolf |
Aug-25-11 09:32 AM |
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That's an abridgement of free speech, LWolf. |
robcon |
Aug-25-11 09:34 AM |
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WHAT is an abridgement of free speech? |
LWolf |
Aug-25-11 09:59 AM |
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Just for broadcast channels? How about cable? News websites? (nt) |
Nye Bevan |
Aug-25-11 09:40 AM |
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News? Whatever the vehicle, it ought to have to adhere to facts. |
LWolf |
Aug-25-11 10:05 AM |
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What we need is a simple rule - if it claims to be NEWS, it has to be based on facts & opinion free. |
HopeHoops |
Aug-25-11 09:37 AM |
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NO! If it claims to be news you can say anything you want - no abridgement of free speech |
robcon |
Aug-25-11 09:44 AM |
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Other Countries have strict laws against lying and calling it "news". |
Lorien |
Aug-25-11 10:20 AM |
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Oh, I see. Restricting freedom of speech is for our own good! |
robcon |
Aug-25-11 10:29 AM |
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Don't you have some wars to promote and jobs to export, somewhere, robcon? (nt) |
w4rma |
Aug-25-11 10:31 AM |
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There's no restriction on free speech. You can say anything you want as opinion. |
HopeHoops |
Aug-25-11 11:49 AM |
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The RW Noise Machine have been on this for over a year. |
OHdem10 |
Aug-25-11 09:56 AM |
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Rush Limbaugh has been railing about it for more than 20 years, and some here actually |
Lorien |
Aug-25-11 10:22 AM |
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We are free to have any opinions we want, and we don't have to label them. |
robcon |
Aug-25-11 10:32 AM |
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Everyone knows it's an opinion show. NO ONE considers it news. |
Common Sense Party |
Aug-25-11 10:37 AM |
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Rush listeners believe every word that comes out of his mouth.. |
Fumesucker |
Aug-25-11 08:07 PM |
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