But couldn’t the Fairness Doctrine have been reinstated anytime since then, i.e., during the Clinton-Gore, Obama-Biden, or Biden-Harris Administrations?
Not saying they’re equally to blame as the fuckwads who violated the airwaves with fascism and prefascism, but wtf?
The Fairness Doctrine didn't do what people think it did. It never prohibited fascism or prefascism or propaganda or misinformation. In fact, the Doctrine encouraged such speech.
You nailed it. In 1980 after Reagan's election my mom said 'this is the end of America as a society where progress is possible for most Americans'. And it has been downhill since then
The repeal of the fairness doctrine was pivotal but not because of what was in the doctrine. The industry had been pushing against the doctrine for decades by this point. And Cable tv was coming into its own. CNN had been doing news with the balanced approach that broadcast news used. 1/
The cable companies were never covered by the FD. However the legislation was still catching up to the new medium. And they didn't know which way they were going to go. And then FD died. And that was the cue the cable companies were looking for to introduce market based news/propaganda. 2/2
It started with the religiously-driven white supremacy underpinning European colonialism in the new world, if you really want to be accurate. Reagan made an existing problem worse more so than doing anything truly novel. America itself has always been a cancer, this is just what happens untreated.
don’t forget that clinton signed the 1996 telecommunication act to lead the way to consolidation of telecommunications, reduced regulations, and to allow any business to enter the communications market. this opened the way for the right to take over AM radio. big reason why we’re here today. sad.
And it reaches down to the local level. Dick Dean, owner of local TV station WFMZ-69 (Allentown-Reading), engages in DAILY Democrat bashing in his “Commentary” segment.
LOOKING NOW: this is the dumbed down stuff that the maga loves too.
'an easy to read comic that follows my bias! This is going in my dissertation for my degree.'
More articles, less meme history lessons.
Trump/Elon can go get fucked tho FR
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Not saying they’re equally to blame as the fuckwads who violated the airwaves with fascism and prefascism, but wtf?
The Doctrine also never applied to news content.
#DemsAreSpineless
'an easy to read comic that follows my bias! This is going in my dissertation for my degree.'
More articles, less meme history lessons.
Trump/Elon can go get fucked tho FR
everything always does. worst president in history.