XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.media, alt.politics.trump   
   XPost: alt.politics.usa   
   From: NoOne@private.corp   
      
   On 8/23/2024 12:03 PM, Governor Swill wrote:   
   > On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:49:44 -0600, John Doe  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Exactly. God save us from the partisans who think their party is pure   
   >> good and the other party is pure evil. The vast majority of people in   
   >> both parties are patriots. And working together to get things done is   
   >> not weakness.   
   >>   
   >> In my view, the biggest obstacle to unity is that we have some   
   >> for-profit news organizations who are dividing the country for profit   
   >> and to benefit the ultra-rich. Their damage would be limited if more   
   >> people consumed a variety of news sources and thought critically about   
   >> what they are being told.   
   >   
   > It's because Reagan abolished the Fairness Doctrine.  Under that rule, media   
   was   
   > required to provide equal time to both sides of any political discussion.   
   >   
   > This situation made the media self fact checking because if Joe said the sky   
   was   
   > green, John was sitting in the next chair over to argue the point.   
   >   
   > As a result, media tended to be very, very careful to get their facts   
   straight   
   > or to issue disclaimers when there was doubt.  Also, opinion was clearly   
   labeled   
   > as such and kept very separated from the actual news desk.   
   >   
   > When the FD went away, news became a free for all. Basically, it was legal   
   for   
   > anybody to say anything without the slightest fear of contradiction.  The   
   power   
   > grab in Washington led to distortion and omission of facts and finally to   
   > outright lies.  That's how Fox made their money.  They figured out what lies   
   > folks wanted to hear, and then told them.   
   >   
   > Reinstating the Fairness doctrine would bring to an end this habit extremists   
   > have of lying.   
   >   
      
   I hadn't thought about that recently, but you're right. Restoring it   
   would be a great step.   
      
   The media with the biggest history of lying would likely be the biggest   
   objector, but truth should outweigh profits.   
      
   >   
   > A Russian T22 strategic bomber crashes in Irkutsk.  Video shows a fireball   
   > streaking toward the ground and an enormous explosion on impact. (7:01)  Both   
   > pilots were able to eject.  Major fire in Moscow area.  (10:10) May have   
   been a   
   > sabotage attack.  There were several other fires in Moscow yesterday.    
   Hezbollah   
   > fired rockets into Israel today.   
   >    
   > --   
   > #NEVERtrump   
      
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