That is, the telecom act of 1996(7?) freed broadcasting stations, media of the legal responsibility
of being "unbiased"
That is, the way it is supposed to be in functional, well defined multi-party-systems, but maybe
a mistake in 2-party systems, especially when mostly built on gerrymandering.
(in Uk they do not do USA-style gerrymandering, but on the other hand, they are busy reforming their 2-party
system, and even worse, have been fighting Murdoch for already a generation, Thatcher-agreement in 1982,
similar to Newt in 1996(7?))
However, UK is once again forced to dig into North Ireland, a trully true painful unwilling process.
Not everyne is blessed with a civil war in their front yard, willingly or not, but the media and
the citizens as well as their neurons are affected, deeply in the long run. |
