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melm00se

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9. jeez - - the Fairness Doctrine again....

Reply to tonyt53 (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 12:44 PM

Jul 2016

a few points:

1) Applied only to over the air radio and tv broadcasts. it would not impact satellite/internet content providers.
2) The electronic media landscape is radically different today than 60 or so years ago. The diversity of content providers has never been greater.
3) At the peak of the Fairness Doctrine, news (especially on radio) was just pablum. Content was limited to things that wouldn't trigger FD requirements.
4) The government shouldn't be in the content business and with today's political environment it would be forced into that role.

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Reagan killed the Fairness Doctrine, and Congress needs to bring it back [View all] tonyt53 Jul 2016 OP

Ugh, not this again anoNY42 Jul 2016 #1

Your opinion, and you are standing with very few. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #3

Strange anoNY42 Jul 2016 #5

I'm with you ano Yupster Jul 2016 #6

Imagine the confusion this would cause with Fox viewers. gordianot Jul 2016 #2

When there is only one side sorefeet Jul 2016 #4

The Fairness Doctrine wouldn't have applied to Fox News. Captain Stern Jul 2016 #7

The fact that Trump gets 15 times the media coverage probably helped him win. Kablooie Jul 2016 #8

jeez - - the Fairness Doctrine again.... melm00se Jul 2016 #9