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Response to Adsos Letter (Original post)

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)
2. When I was an undergrad in History we actually discussed it in a Philosophy class.
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 09:45 PM
Jan 2019

I remember arguing that it would be dangerous to lose it (all hypothetical at the time).

I never actually thought they would get rid of it.

We're paying for it, in spades.

Anon-C

(3,430 posts)
3. More than a Fairness Doctrine is needed to fix this mess.
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 09:55 PM
Jan 2019

Isn't it ironic that Trump's pseudonym was David Dennison and that's very to his friend Sinclair Broadcast Group Chair David Deniston Smith?



Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)
4. Yes, at this point, more than a Fairness Doctrine is needed to fix this mess.
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 09:58 PM
Jan 2019

But if it had been kept intact I don't think we would have arrived this point.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
6. Fairness doctrine was only for over the air broadcast
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 11:35 PM
Jan 2019

I don't think it would do all that much in this day and age.

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)
7. I edited this.
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 12:35 AM
Jan 2019

Fairness Doctrine addressed the public airwaves, not privately owned cable infrastructure, etc.

So, I take your point.

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