tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499374035007727132.post7310462729860560823..comments2023-10-30T09:55:11.115-06:00Comments on The FarOutFish Files: Fairness DoctrineThe FarOutFish Fileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223936555594389915noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499374035007727132.post-56012621157341137882007-04-02T08:19:00.000-06:002007-04-02T08:19:00.000-06:00Completely agree. The irony is how unfair the fair...Completely agree. The irony is how unfair the fairness doctrine really was -- not just in shutting out viewpoints, but it was only applied to broadcast, all the way up to its deserved demise. It may be a fringe Kucinich idea now, but I think it's important to keep a vigilant eye and point out how terrible it would be to bring back, at every opportunity. It would make McCain-Feingold look like a network standards & practices bleep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499374035007727132.post-43010289654073415722007-03-28T19:36:00.000-07:002007-03-28T19:36:00.000-07:00The fairness doctrine is logically flawed. There ...The fairness doctrine is logically flawed. There are not just two or even three perspectives, there are multiple ideas about how politics and the world should operate. You can't mandate that a few be "balanced" and the rest ignored. The "market place of ideas" does that, and people can choose what to listen to. I disagree with most talk radio, but sometimes listen because it can be entertaining. There are alternatives. I'm now listening to a great "lectures on CD" course about particle physics for non-physicists, and that's even better :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499374035007727132.post-43731369378364074162007-03-27T13:29:00.000-07:002007-03-27T13:29:00.000-07:00Well said. I work for the NAB so I hear about effo...Well said. I work for the NAB so I hear about efforts to resurrect the "fairness" doctrine all the time. <BR/><BR/>Let me go you one further -- I think it's well past time the FCC loosen its ownership requirements. The old rules were written when there was just one cable news network and the Internet wasn't as obviously democratizing a media force as it is today (hello, blogosphere). Not only that but with online media competing for ad revenue, if local papers and stations want to stay alive, consolidation is a way to do that.<BR/><BR/>It's an interesting new media world. I wonder what happens next...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com