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Actually I wouldn't have a problem with the "Fairness Doctrine"... as long as it earned its name by being evenly applied.
For every negative report on McCain/Palin on network TV, there has to be one of equal length, showing them positively. For every reference to "tax cuts for the rich", there has to be something pointing out that either (a) the not-so-rich are getting tax cuts too, or (b) the "rich" are the ones hiring people and paying them, and that historically such tax cuts have resulted in rising prosperity for ALL income groups. For every reference to the Keating Five (in which John McCain was completely exonerated), there has to be a report of what Barack Obama did or didn't do with Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, and/or ACORN.
For every report detailing how many American soldiers get killed or wounded in Iraq, there must be a report detailing how much territory has been regained from the terrorists, how many terrorists killed or wounded... and how many schools have been reopened, hospitals rebuilt, stores restarted, roads and bridges rebuilt, and how many neighborhoods now have electricity and water who didn't have them at this time last year, restored for the Iraqi people by those same American soldiers.
For every newspaper story "investigating" Sarah Palin for having a trooper fired who had abused his authority as a cop, abused his wife etc., there has to be one "investigating" how she ran a state government with 29,000 employees, and gave rebate checks to every citizen of her state while still running balanced budgets. And reports giving details on how she took on and defeated the big oil interests in her state, introduced competition in the oil industry where it didn't exist before, rooted out corruption in both political parties, etc.
For every movie depicting corporations a big, impersonal, and evil, there has to be one showing Ford or General Electric or Wal-Mart or Microsoft moving into a neighborhood, opening a big facility, giving jobs to a thousand people, the prosperity of neighborhoods rising, Johnny picking up his prom date in his new car which he couldn't have afforded back when the new plant wasn't there, etc.... something that happens far more often than corporations polluting a stream or blacklisting a whistleblower.
Sure, the "Fairness Doctrine" sounds fine to me... as long as it's truly fair, and in all media. As soon as the liberals start signing onto such a REAL "Fairness Doctrine", they'll get my full support. Should happen any day now, right?
Actually, such a "Doctrine" could have beneficial effects on a lot of TV stations, newpapers, etc. in the country. Especially those that have been experiencing long slides, with their readership/viewership going down and down, having to cut their staffs and lay off entire offices full of people, etc., as ABC, CBS, the NY Times, LA Times etc. have been doing for years now.
Showing actual "fair" respresentations of news as described above, could do a lot toward reversing these stations' deterioration and failures, as it has done for Fox News - the only major station to publish both sides without being forced to by government.
The huge number of slowly-failing liberal outlets around the country, should support an EVENLY applied "Fairness Doctrine"... if only for their own self-preservation.
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P.S. On second thought, I don't think I want the government intruding on the publishing and broadcasting industries, making decisions on who will say what, and backing its agenda up with force. So, I've changed my mind. As a conservative, I'll have to oppose the so-called "Fairness Doctrine", no matter what form it takes.
Actually I wouldn't have a problem with the "Fairness Doctrine"... as long as it earned its name by being evenly applied.
For every negative report on McCain/Palin on network TV, there has to be one of equal length, showing them positively. For every reference to "tax cuts for the rich", there has to be something pointing out that either (a) the not-so-rich are getting tax cuts too, or (b) the "rich" are the ones hiring people and paying them, and that historically such tax cuts have resulted in rising prosperity for ALL income groups. For every reference to the Keating Five (in which John McCain was completely exonerated), there has to be a report of what Barack Obama did or didn't do with Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, and/or ACORN.
For every report detailing how many American soldiers get killed or wounded in Iraq, there must be a report detailing how much territory has been regained from the terrorists, how many terrorists killed or wounded... and how many schools have been reopened, hospitals rebuilt, stores restarted, roads and bridges rebuilt, and how many neighborhoods now have electricity and water who didn't have them at this time last year, restored for the Iraqi people by those same American soldiers.
For every newspaper story "investigating" Sarah Palin for having a trooper fired who had abused his authority as a cop, abused his wife etc., there has to be one "investigating" how she ran a state government with 29,000 employees, and gave rebate checks to every citizen of her state while still running balanced budgets. And reports giving details on how she took on and defeated the big oil interests in her state, introduced competition in the oil industry where it didn't exist before, rooted out corruption in both political parties, etc.
For every movie depicting corporations a big, impersonal, and evil, there has to be one showing Ford or General Electric or Wal-Mart or Microsoft moving into a neighborhood, opening a big facility, giving jobs to a thousand people, the prosperity of neighborhoods rising, Johnny picking up his prom date in his new car which he couldn't have afforded back when the new plant wasn't there, etc.... something that happens far more often than corporations polluting a stream or blacklisting a whistleblower.
Sure, the "Fairness Doctrine" sounds fine to me... as long as it's truly fair, and in all media. As soon as the liberals start signing onto such a REAL "Fairness Doctrine", they'll get my full support. Should happen any day now, right?
Actually, such a "Doctrine" could have beneficial effects on a lot of TV stations, newpapers, etc. in the country. Especially those that have been experiencing long slides, with their readership/viewership going down and down, having to cut their staffs and lay off entire offices full of people, etc., as ABC, CBS, the NY Times, LA Times etc. have been doing for years now.
Showing actual "fair" respresentations of news as described above, could do a lot toward reversing these stations' deterioration and failures, as it has done for Fox News - the only major station to publish both sides without being forced to by government.
The huge number of slowly-failing liberal outlets around the country, should support an EVENLY applied "Fairness Doctrine"... if only for their own self-preservation.
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P.S. On second thought, I don't think I want the government intruding on the publishing and broadcasting industries, making decisions on who will say what, and backing its agenda up with force. So, I've changed my mind. As a conservative, I'll have to oppose the so-called "Fairness Doctrine", no matter what form it takes.
