Dems first order of business - media ownership hearings.

[screembloodymurder]

The Democrats have faced more bad press in one week than Bush did in his entire first term. It's directed propaganda and the Democrats must respond right now. Put the media whores off the air now.

[sam sarrha]

1. the people own th air waves, they can not lie and deceive us with them

[Donnachaidh]

2. How about investigating the FCC?

With all the FCC charges I see on my phones, cable etc -- we should be seeing just EXACTLY where this money is going.

And find out what the political landscape is in that agency.

[bowens43]

3. Yes, let's repeal the first amendment

that's the ticket......

:sarcasm:

[blondeatlast]

4. No, let's repeal deregulation and re-instate the Fairness doctrine.

I don't recall hearing hate speech and propaganda everytime I turned on the radio before 42 signed the bills repealing the FD and allowing corporate ownership.

[screembloodymurder]

6. Wrong.

This isn't a first amendment issue. We own the airways and we have the right to demand equal access to that forum. Free speech means everybody gets to voice their opinion - not just the rich and powerful.

[KharmaTrain]

5. A Long Overdue Review Of De-Reg '96 Is A Start...

This abomination of a bill (pushed by Bill Clinton) allowed the large corporates to swallow up their competitors and all but destroyed local ownership of media outlets, led to the loss of thousands of jobs and allowed just a few, rich corporates dominate the public broadcast bands. The bill was supposed to be reviewed in 2001-02 but never was and now, after 10 years, the largess that bill created is now creating financial chaos in the broadcast industry.

You can't legislate the whores off the air, but you can make those airwaves more diverse...re-instituting ownership caps, requiring stations to carry Public Service programming as a condition for holding their license, returning to 3-year license periods and restoring anti-trafficking laws, tightening LMA agreements to prevent them from being used as shell or ghost owners, giving local parties top consideration in purchasing stations and making it less expensive and time consuming in challenging a station's license. This can be done...but will it?

[KoKo]

7. First order of business for sure! I just posted a scan of this mornings

anti-Dem propaganda that has me mad as hell and when they blatently LIE it can't be considered either comedy or just reporting when they cherry pick from conservative rags. :grr: