In 1949 Congress passed the Fairness Doctrine requiring broadcast licensees give "honest, equitable & balanced" coverage of news. Seeking to deregulate all business enterprise, Reagan ended it in 1987. We need to reinstate it & include tech platforms! #ReinstateFairnessDoctrine

Jan 8, 2021 · 4:02 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
wow...you actually said something that I agree with.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Thankyou @marwilliamson ! There have been a few of us progressives saying this for years, but we had no platform. This IS the only reasonable answer to the root-cause problem: Unchecked propaganda. Preserves free speech, allows free commerce, yet reintroduces debate of ideas.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Oh so because the major media says it's honest we're supposed to eat that like pablum?
Replying to @marwilliamson @jennycohn1
Second the motion!
Replying to @marwilliamson @jennycohn1
Yes!
Replying to @marwilliamson
Wow. I forgot all about you.
Replying to @marwilliamson
And then Bill Clinton allowed entertainment companies to gobble up all of the network news divisions. Game Over.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @jennycohn1
"Both sides" is not the way the media should run. Sometimes one side is demonstrably right and one side is demonstrably wrong, and responsible newspeople should be able to tell the wrong side to fuck off, not be forced to air their insanity.
Replying to @marwilliamson @SherryWelch2020
Clinton did the Telecommunications Act of 1996...destroyed the media
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The legislation can't be that vague though. CNN, MSNBC, and Fox can all decide to speak nicely or "fairly" about both parties, but if none of them are touching on the specifics of campaign finance, they are still intentionally under-informing and misleading the populace
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