The twenty-fourth anniversary of a dismal day in the annals of TV history.

[Different Drummer]

BILL HEMMER
@BillHemmer
On this date 24 years ago,
@foxnews
went to air. Thanks for making us the most dominant cable news channel in history. #notevenclose #24

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[Just_Vote_Dem]

1. PROPAGANDA Channel, Billy boy n/t

[BigmanPigman]

2. If Biden wins we need to look at the Fairness Doctrine

and get that station labeled as propaganda, NOT news.

[Tripper11]

3. Agree 100%

Needs to be done as soon as possible.
Enough of this bullshit, lying crap.

[BigmanPigman]

5. They have poisoned the minds of a couple generations.

Their influence on gullible Americans will need to be dealt with for a long time I am sorry to say. But the sooner we start, the better it will be for the country.

[moose65]

6. Nope

The Fairness Doctrine did not apply to cable networks. Only broadcast networks that used the public airwaves were subject to the Fairness Doctrine.

However, it DID apply to those AM hate-radio stations!

[BigmanPigman]

7. I thought Fux fell under the Fairness Doctrine.

How do we get rid of it or reclassify it? Man, now I'm depressed.

[moose65]

8. No. It never applied to cable

The Fairness Doctrine’s original purpose was to ensure that stations broadcasting on the public airwaves would present multiple perspectives. Its purpose was to guard against the kind of polarized news coverage we have now. But it never applied to cable stations or networks.

[JHB]

9. Only the parts of FOX that use old-school broadcasting spectrum would count for the FD.

That would apply to a lot of local affiliates, but not to the cable-based Fox News Channel.

The fairness doctrine existed because the spectrum was a natural resource that needed protection from monopolization. It was the rise of non-broadcast information channels like cable networks that provided the rationale for dispensing with that protection.

Private cable channels were effectively in the same category as newspapers: no public resource was involved, so they could be as biased as they wanted to be.

[BigmanPigman]

10. Damn!!!!!!!!!

[JHB]

11. Don't discount the effect that resoring the FD would have on AM radio

Closing the 24/7 blatherthon would still help, as would stifling the leeway RW religious stations feel they have.

[BigmanPigman]

13. Thank you, I feel a bit better.

So I guess the only way to undo Fux is to go after the Murdoch family. That is what Judd Apatow does, he blames Lachlan Murdoch and addresses him in his tweets about Fux BS.

[FakeNoose]

15. Yep - SHUT THEM DOWN

I no longer care how. Just do it.

[NoMoreRepugs]

4. Like my dad used to say - "eat shit and die (insert name)",

in this case billy hemmer.

[IcyPeas]

12. I'm sure the dumbing down of america started 24 years ago too

coincidence?

[Different Drummer]

14. Not at all. N/T