2007-12-19 05:25:40 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Yes! Interesting how someone brought up the "Fairness Doctrine" as an example of 'liberals' trying to control the media... yet nothing about yesterday's vote, against public and congressional protest, that handed media conglomerates an early Christmas present. A 'reward' for backing the neo-con agenda perhaps?
-- FCC Chair Kevin Martin Refuses to Delay Vote on Proposed Rewrite of Media Ownership Rules
http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/17/fcc_chair_kevin_martin_refuses_to
-- FCC OKs Laxer Media Ownership Rules
http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/19/headlines
So how were the issues of "media ownership" and "Fairness Doctrine" treated by the 'fair and balanced' FOX news? Many opinion pieces blasting "Fairness Doctrine", along with the Democrats and the left in general, and decrying government control of talk radio. OK, I can agree to that objection... but what about objection to increased control of the media by a few conglomerates that is government-sanctioned?? The media ownership issue was covered by FOX, including the protests to the rulings (the fault of Democrats and the left, again). The one opinion piece I could find mentioned the FCC change, but went on to blast the "Fairness Doctrine". No surprise really since Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp was a prime beneficiary of the FCC ruling, so 'biting the hand that feeds' or even 'looking that gift horse in the mouth' would have been rude to say the least.
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=+%22fairness+doctrine%22+site%3Awww.foxnews.com&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22media+ownership%22+site%3Awww.foxnews.com&btnG=Search
No surprise either that Democracy Now! and PBS have covered media ownership quite extensively... since they are neither 'mainstream' nor conglomerate owned.
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&num=100&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=media+ownership&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&cr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=www.democracynow.org&as_rights=&safe=images
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&num=100&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=media+ownership&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&cr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=www.pbs.org&as_rights=&safe=images
Face it, the REAL 'fairness' issue is media ownership! The airwaves are supposedly public domain, but the FCC chose to listen to a different 'master' and turned a deaf ear to the public.
2007-12-19 06:55:07 · answer #1 · answered by sagacious_ness 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
just look at how excatly the 9/11 Truth issue has been dealt with and you'll realize that the mainstream and even the so-called alternative media is dancing to the NWO masters tune and designed to get the viewers/readers to do the same.
The BBC's 9/11 truth hit job early this year showed how this is a global issue too.In Canada Maurice Strong is a big NWO insider as well , part of the Club of Rome who want to wipe out billions in population reduction. The media coverage of Sarkozy in France was allegedly bias too and of course Murdoch has a big hold in Australia and Britain.
2007-12-19 06:22:29 · answer #2 · answered by celvin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-04 01:24:00 · answer #3 · answered by jetter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I don't watch the news as a general rule, so I have not noticed. But, it does not surprise me in the least. After, watching a couple of Naomi Wolfe videos, I ordered her book (The end of America: letter of warning to a young patriot), from Amazon, and I got it the other day. I am now about half way through it. It is really scary stuff, but I think everyone should read it. It is important for us all to understand how the things that are going on now, relate to what went on in the past...during the early stages of closing down a free society. We will lose our country for sure, if we remain asleep and complacent. *sm*
2007-12-19 05:33:12 · answer #4 · answered by LadyZania 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Absolutely.
If it's about a Dem, then every expert hosted to give "perspective" will list all that's wrong with that Dem and their policies. If it's about a Republican, then two experts will be featured talking about everything that's right about that Repub and his policies.
When it's the Dem candidates for President, the predetermind narrative in the "mainstream" media is "How will the Democrat blow it this time?" When it's the Republican candidates, the predetermined narrative is "How will the nominee overcome Democrat criticism and win?"
In 1999, I knew that George Bush was going to be the next President. I saw a weekly mag cover (can't recall if it was Time or Newsweek) that showed a pic of Bush and the headline read "President Bush?? It can happen. Here's how!" That said all I needed to know about the media's chosen winner for election 2000.
When it's about the war in Iraq continuing, the narrative is "Why won't the Democrats stop it?". When it's about events in Iraq, the narrative is "Why do the Democrats say there is no progress?" That will be asked to an "expert" who will say that it's all about how the Democrats pander to voter emotion.
And lest we forget just how much BS the "mainstream" media was willing to shovel in the case for the War in Iraq in the first place. It was SO distorted and chock full of lies that the New York Times felt it necessary to print a full page apology to its readers for, mostly, Judy Miller's steaming pile of WMD presence. I wonder when the NYT will print an apology to the people of Iraq and the families of lost or maimed service personnel?
When it's about the economy, all is always rosy and blooming, except when a Dem is President and inflation holds steady at low rates. Then, the narrative is "How can low inflation hurt the economy and when will it collapse?". When it comes to this new credit crisis, the narrative is NEVER about monetarist policies at the Fed or the deregulation that contributed to the problem. It's always about how this won't have much impact on our economy even though the Fed felt it was necesssary to auction off another 20 BILLION in loans to prevent a collapse of our banking system.
The media has had a right wing bias for over 25 years and it's grown increasingly worse over time. I knew it had gotten worse than I ever imagined back then when I was watching CBN news on the 700 club and found the news anchors there to be LESS right wing biased than your average reader tool on CNN. Yes, Robertson's editorial was right wing biased, but not the news reading.
That kind of bias happens regularly on the "mainstream" media.
2007-12-19 05:41:20 · answer #5 · answered by Lynne D 4 · 3⤊ 5⤋
Legitimate studies show that an overwhelming number of journalists are liberal to very liberal.
FASCIST! Stop throwing that word around people! 90% of the time people use this term incorrectly, out of context, etc.
When the government physically takes over and controls all media - that is fascist (e.g. Hugo Chavez in Venezuela)!
2007-12-19 05:37:10 · answer #6 · answered by mom 3 · 5⤊ 3⤋
The only conservative media sources are fox and clear channel. Just because the rest aren't liberal enough for you doesn't mean that they are republican controlled.
2007-12-19 06:49:01 · answer #7 · answered by Felsen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the Republicans claim the media's too liberal...it's certainly biased, and more protective of it's own interests than anything else. How else would stars who frequent gay clubs stay out of the tabloids?
2007-12-19 05:29:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
*You need to stay out of the creeks and get into the main stream. That's been going on for years.
I always said the Democrat drive by and alphabet soup media would be the down fall of this country.
2007-12-19 05:31:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
Just noticed that, did you?
Of course it is, since big corporations own the media. They don't report information that would incite opposition to their regime in Washington, D.C. Fascism, according to Mussolini, the man who coined the term, is right wing corporate run government based on nationalism. Fits, doesn't it?
Corporate media reports only enough to make people believe they are getting some sort of story. If they reported the news you can see in Europe about the United States, I believe we would all be in the streets in front of the White House rioting.
Where is OBL? Why did Bush say he doesn't care about him when he is supposedly the murderer of over 3000 Americans?
Why hasn't the anthrax sender been caught?
Why aren't people up in arms about the deficit that means each American owes $30,000?
Why did Bush have a gay male prostitute to the White House almost 100 times? Why are they fighting to keep the White House guest book classified and unavailable to the public?
What happened in Cheney's energy meeting? Was that where the plan to invade Iraq for oil domination took place?
Where is all the money sent to Iraq? Why does Bush want to spy on Americans? Why did Republicans get rid of posse comitatus?
2007-12-19 05:27:57 · answer #10 · answered by realst1 7 · 7⤊ 8⤋