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Back in the 80s, the fairness doctrine was dropped from broadcast regulations. After that, the proliferation of opinion based "news" programming started. Fox Ne
by dylan604 1y ago
Back in the 80s, the fairness doctrine was dropped from broadcast regulations. After that, the proliferation of opinion based "news" programming started. Fox News would not have been born with an intact fairness doctrine. Once Fox News was around, the other broadcasters followed suit.
I'd imagine Murrow rolled in his grave
- rufus_foreman 1y ago>> Fox News would not have been born with an intact fairness doctrine Fox News launched exclusively on cable. The fairness doctrine applied to broadcast TV and radio, not cable. There are local Fox stations now on broadcast TV but Fox could have born just fine under the fairness doctrine.
- dylan604 1y agoPreceding Fox News was talk radio