Friday, June 23, 2006
A QUESTION
What happens if "more speech" doesn't protect us from fascism? "Even more speech"? There comes a time when you have to face the reality that they use these failed theories of the left to take over everything. They use the same language the left uses to produce the laissez-faire media that has been their most successful tool of oppression. Unless fairness and standards of truth are imposed on the electronic media, the media that actually counts, it will always be a tool of wealth.
Another question
Can a state that gives public radio and TV money enforce its own fairness requirements to or exceeding the dead and lamented FCC fairness doctrine? They certainly could make it a requirement of funding. This question came to me yesterday morning as I heard the thinly veiled promotion of a Republican candidate in my state on our public radio station.
These are open questions and I don't know what the answer is. Any ideas?
What happens if "more speech" doesn't protect us from fascism? "Even more speech"? There comes a time when you have to face the reality that they use these failed theories of the left to take over everything. They use the same language the left uses to produce the laissez-faire media that has been their most successful tool of oppression. Unless fairness and standards of truth are imposed on the electronic media, the media that actually counts, it will always be a tool of wealth.
Another question
Can a state that gives public radio and TV money enforce its own fairness requirements to or exceeding the dead and lamented FCC fairness doctrine? They certainly could make it a requirement of funding. This question came to me yesterday morning as I heard the thinly veiled promotion of a Republican candidate in my state on our public radio station.
These are open questions and I don't know what the answer is. Any ideas?
