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Fairness Doctrine (Original Post)
Adsos Letter
Jan 2019
OP
When I was an undergrad in History we actually discussed it in a Philosophy class.
Adsos Letter
Jan 2019
#2
Yes, at this point, more than a Fairness Doctrine is needed to fix this mess.
Adsos Letter
Jan 2019
#4
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Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)2. When I was an undergrad in History we actually discussed it in a Philosophy class.
I remember arguing that it would be dangerous to lose it (all hypothetical at the time).
I never actually thought they would get rid of it.
We're paying for it, in spades.
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)3. More than a Fairness Doctrine is needed to fix this mess.
Isn't it ironic that Trump's pseudonym was David Dennison and that's very to his friend Sinclair Broadcast Group Chair David Deniston Smith?
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)4. Yes, at this point, more than a Fairness Doctrine is needed to fix this mess.
But if it had been kept intact I don't think we would have arrived this point.
drmeow
(5,012 posts)5. The propoganda problems
also started before Reagan got rid of it.
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)6. Fairness doctrine was only for over the air broadcast
I don't think it would do all that much in this day and age.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)7. I edited this.
Fairness Doctrine addressed the public airwaves, not privately owned cable infrastructure, etc.
So, I take your point.
akraven
(1,975 posts)8. Thank Ronnie Rayguns. nt