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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: KonKilo who wrote (28118)9/6/2006 9:20:18 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (1) of 542958
 
I did a bit of googling on the Fairness Doctrine and came up with some ambiguous results. I'm not certain I yet see how it contributed, strongly, to the failure of journalists to police "facticity."

The more I read these the more I think this all addresses a different issue from the one which concerns me. Your concern, I take it, is that a requirement for media outlets to represent multiple points of view contributes to the failure of journalists to question the accuracy of political spin.

What are the connections in your mind?

Here are some sources.

1. The widipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org

2. An outfit called the Museum of Broadcast Communications: museum.tv

3. Here's one from an outfit that calls itself The Wisdom Fund that has a bit more concrete stuff. But I'm still not certain I see the issues: twf.org

4. And here's a piece by a writer, Steve Rendell, a new name to me, from Common Dreams that takes a position which strikes me as close to the one you are advocating. commondreams.org
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