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Politics: FCC will be visiting newsrooms to check . What about the 1st Amendment? - BekindtoAnimals22 - 03-24-2014 04:15 PM
They claim they want more minority views presented in the news and want to see how the news choices are selected. They are even visiting newspapers which they have no authority over. Also includes television and radio programs. So is the government going to control our news also?
"The origin of the idea is a recrudescence of the Fairness Doctrine, inoperative since 1987 or so, to provide equal time to leftist points of view in broadcasting and other media that otherwise wouldn't have a willing audience in a free market."
"The FCC now says it will be "closely reviewing the proposed research design to determine if an alternative approach is merited," as a result of Pai's warning. Adweek actually reported that as a "retreat."
It's because of this don't-rock-the-boat attitude that Reporters Without Borders said the U.S. had "one of the most significant declines" in press freedom in the world last year, dropping 13 places to a wretched 46th in its newly released global ranking. If the FCC has its way, it can drop even further."
Most news is already left leaning. I guess they want it all or some will be losing their licenses.
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So you are saying anything conservative should be shut down. No wonder this country is going to hell. You people are asking to become Cuba. You are begging for it.
- noisyborder987 - 03-24-2014 04:16 PM
The FCC needs to shut FOX down for hate crimes.
Holder Biden 2016
- ndmagicman - 03-24-2014 04:26 PM
3 of the 5 major news networks are very definitely conservatively owned and managed.
And the largest radio conglomerate is conservative and owns over 60% of the nations terrestrial radio stations.
TV and radio stations are granted access to the public airwaves by the FCC, always have been, and as such they should be held to certain standards.
- Mr. Smartypants - 03-24-2014 04:34 PM
The Fairness Doctrine didn't guarantee access to 'leftists'. It required broadcast stations using the public airwaves to show 'a range of views', that is, more than one view. It didn't mandate equal time for every view (though it did for every candidate during elections).
For a long time we considered the radio spectrum a public property. Only so many stations could fit on the band, so they had to pay for their space by providing 'public service'. They made written promises in their license application, and they maintained a public record of how well they filled them, and anyone could walk into the front door of a TV or radio station and ask to see their public record.
Today radio stations aren't even local! You go inside and there's just a repeater playing programming from Chicago or somewhere. Plus stations can spew right-wing nonsense 24 hrs a day.
Can you imagine how Rush Limbaugh would work if he had a genuine liberal sitting next to him to say 'Now, Rush, you know that's not right. We talked about that a few days ago! Why do you keep repeating lies over and over?" 8^)
- Nate - 03-24-2014 04:42 PM
The government already controls the news. They have no respect for our constitution. And the whole "left vs right" thing is pointless. Like you said yourself, the left wants to be Cuba, but the right wants to be nazi Germany.
@harvey mushman
They have trampled on this amendment too. Remember all the private residences they invaded after the bombing of the boston marathon last year?
- J - 03-24-2014 04:45 PM
The Fairness doctrine was trash and needed to go away.
Imagine there was a stretch of road that you wanted to use to work. Now imagine that this road, while certainly having rules had nothing defining what these rules are, or what they mean. Imagine further that the speed limit on this road is 55 one day, 35 the next, and minimum 50 the day after that, and you could be given a speeding ticket for going the speed limit yesterday, but since it is higher than today you get the ticket anyway. Would you use this road? Would you tolerate these rules on any road you needed to drive? That is the fairness doctrine spelled out in as basic a way as possible. It has a chilling effect on free political speech. That a man like Roosevelt is the one that put it in place should be a dire warning to any who have actually studied him.
Yes, this is troubling action by the FCC.
- who WAS #1? - 03-24-2014 04:48 PM
More evidence that we should never do anything requiring government permission.
Everything we do should be based on a Right.
"Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no legislation or rule making which would abrogate them"
-Miranda vs Arizona-
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=384&invol=436
There once was a farmer who owned his land free and clear.
He set up a veggie stand by the roadside, on his property. People would drive by, pull in and ask him how much for the (whatever). He put up no signs, did no advertising.
Soon the government showed up demanding business license, insurance, health certificates, etc.
He said he did not need any of those things. He was just exchanging his property for other property called money.
They prosecuted him. He was able to demonstrate that every aspect of his operation was based on a Right. He was not convicted. He also paid no income tax because every trade was a straight trade; = no "profit or gain" and therefore no "income". I don't know if he got prosecuted for that or not.
One can certainly publish without government interference.
Just don't be a corporation.
- Harvey Mushman - 03-24-2014 04:57 PM
What about the 1st amendment? The only amendment the Feds haven't trampled upon is the 3rd amendment.
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law
http://www.infowars.com/californians-sign-petition-allowing-u-s-troops-to-commandeer-their-homes/ Californians are for the repeal of the 3rd amendment. Bunch of stupid turlingdromes...
- Glen - 03-24-2014 05:01 PM
The far left would have us believe that a "conservative view" is in the minority. So the FCC is going to ensure that conservatives get more air time?? Don't think so. The far left agenda will be the view that's promoted.
- Its not my fault - 03-24-2014 05:06 PM
You know, it seems to me that the media has become more leftist since the Fairness Doctrine has been Revoked. I know it wasn't supposed to be that way but Hollywood runs those News Stations. They are more entertainment than hard news since cable took over. I am not a young stupid Liberal person by any stretch of the imagination. This is just an observation outside of the box