Pound this into your head: at least for now, any vile kluxer, neo-nazi or garden variety smarmy

[Atticus]

psychopath can post on some type of social media not just total falsehoods, but transparently ridiculous accusations of ANYTHING from child sex trafficking to consorting with alien reptiles if there's a chance it may damage a political adversary's reputation.

There are no longer any rules. There are no limits. "Whatever works" determines what is said or done.

[Budi]

1. 2016 & every day since then, is proof of all you said.

It's a sick world when, "There are no longer any rules. There are no limits. "Whatever works" determines what is said or done"

[SergeStorms]

2. Thank Ronnie Raygun.

The Fairness Doctrine worked, at least for the media. There wouldn't be a FOX Noise, an OAN, or a NewsMax with the Fairness Doctrine still in place.

After the GOP did away with the Fairness Doctrine they started buying up hundreds of failing AM radio stations, and well.....the rest is history. Limbaugh took over and the GOP has been lying it's way into people's minds ever since.

[Celerity]

4. Unfortunately the Fairness Doctrine does not apply to cable or satellite, only OTA broadcasts

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/6439197002

snip

The Fairness Doctrine only applied to broadcast licenses.

The report by the Congressional Research Service notes that broadcast is "distinct from cable, satellite, and the Internet, which are all services for which consumers must pay.

"It does not appear that the Fairness Doctrine may be applied constitutionally to cable or satellite service providers," it continues.

snip

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40009.pdf

[Xoan]

5. Then write a new one.

[Celerity]

6. Worth a shot, would need to show a rationale for government regulation of

speech in a private setting, especially with a 6 3 RW SCOTUS.

[SergeStorms]

7. They did away with it long before any of those....

aspects of communication were in place. Without looking I believe it was 1985. Either they had a crystal ball or it was shit luck.

[crickets]

8. True, but had it been in place all along, the effort to include new

communications methods might have been addressed. At this point, we'd need to start all over. It would take great effort, but would be well worth it given the current state of the country.

[Celerity]

9. it officially went off the books in 2011, but was stopped being officially enforced in 1987

On August 22, 2011, the FCC voted to remove the rule that implemented the Fairness Doctrine, along with more than 80 other rules and regulations, from the Federal Register following an executive order by President Obama directing a "government-wide review of regulations already on the books" to eliminate unnecessary regulations

https://www.politico.com/story/2011/08/fcc-finally-kills-off-fairness-doctrine-061851

[summer_in_TX]

3. I so hope that Biden's early appointment of Tim Wu,

father of Net Neutrality and an anti-trust crusader, to his economic team signals the intention to tackle media issues. I'm crossing my fingers on who might get appointed to the empty seat on the FCC.