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Actually the government did have stringent regulations that all broadcast news corporations had to adhere to. This was called the Fairness Doctrine https://en.w
by rndmind 6y ago
Actually the government did have stringent regulations that all broadcast news corporations had to adhere to. This was called the Fairness Doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine
That was until 1987 the Reagan administration eliminated the Fairness Doctrine... thanks Reagan!
- tracker1 6y agoUnfortunately, even if it were still a thing it wouldn't apply to online, print or cable news sources more than likely.
- rndmind 6y agoSomething should be drafted regarding online news sources, or perhaps classify them as websites that get > 50 million unique visitors a month... something like that