We need the Fairness Doctrine now. - Democratic Underground

lpbk2713

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Fri Sep-19-08 04:18 PM
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We need the Fairness Doctrine now.

The RW Radio Hatemongers are in full "repugnant mode" as of late spreading their evil lies and GOP propaganda. If they were not allowed by the BushCo FCC to freely spread their hate and lies the (credible) polls would not show the rethuglican nominees doing anywhere near as well as they are. As it is, the mindless shittoheads tune in and get an earfull of garbage and come away falsely thinking they might have a chance. I'm sure Obama will win in November regardless of the RW Radio Hatemongers' efforts and no doubt this is what makes them so desperate.

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Ian David

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Fri Sep-19-08 04:21 PM
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1. We need *A* Fairness Doctrine, not necessarily *THE* Fairness Doctrine.

Edited on Fri Sep-19-08 04:22 PM by IanDB1

If we had *THE* Fairness Doctrine, we would lose Air America, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, and the new-and-improved TweetyBall.

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rsdsharp

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Fri Sep-19-08 04:26 PM
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2. I think you may not understand the Fairness Doctrine as it

existed before Reagan, Bork and Scalia killed it.

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Ian David

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Fri Sep-19-08 04:27 PM
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3. Maybe not. But Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartman don't want to restore *THE* Fairness Doctrine. n/t

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rsdsharp

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Fri Sep-19-08 04:51 PM
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4. That's not the same as saying that reinstitution

would throw them off the air.

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Ian David

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Fri Sep-19-08 04:54 PM
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5. True. n/t

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HCE SuiGeneris

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Fri Sep-19-08 04:58 PM
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6. The onslaught o f propaganda and inability to hear the truth from the American corporate media

is a direct result of the dismantling of the Fairness Doctrine.

We are long overdue for a similar enactment to countermand the spew we are subject to.

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orestes

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Fri Sep-19-08 05:00 PM
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7. I think we need a few rounds of trust-busting

Edited on Fri Sep-19-08 05:00 PM by orestes

aimed squarely at the Media consolidation that's occured, and at these financial institutions that are "too big to be allowed to fail."

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rsdsharp

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Fri Sep-19-08 05:47 PM
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8. Oddly enough, the media consolidation is the result

of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. It was shepard ed out of the Commerce Committee, by its chairman: John Sidney McCain.

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