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calimary

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1. I ask myself that every day.

Tue Feb 6, 2018, 02:49 AM

Feb 2018

Maybe the Fairness Doctrine should be reinstated?

How about bringing back the limitations on media ownership?

Their key demographic is elderly and white and slowly but surely dying off. They’ll hide behind the First Amendment and survive. Unfortunately.

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We must find a way to rid our society of Fox news. What to do? [View all] Hamlette Feb 2018 OP

I ask myself that every day. calimary Feb 2018 #1

Yup. That darn 1st Amendment! MichMary Feb 2018 #25

Fairness Doctrine never applied to cable MichMan Feb 2018 #29

It could be-FCC still regulates telecommunications YessirAtsaFact Feb 2018 #30

Should it be applied to websites too? MichMan Feb 2018 #32

No. What should be applied to websites is a law making LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #43

Here you go. But I'd apply that to all means of communicating Hortensis Feb 2018 #81

Who decides what constitutes propaganda? fallout87 Feb 2018 #117

Nobody ever thinks things all the way through, do they? nt 7962 Feb 2018 #127

It would be struck down in an nanosecond as unconstitutional onenote Feb 2018 #37

But every year there are more older citizens than the previous year 7962 Feb 2018 #128

Hello Hamlette syringis Feb 2018 #2

You are correct. Caliman73 Feb 2018 #67

Ive ranted about that so many times here, its ridiculous! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2018 #3

You cannot take Fox news away from people. You need to educate people to turn away from Fox. Binkie The Clown Feb 2018 #4

I'm afraid you're right. nt Laffy Kat Feb 2018 #5

New TV series: "Fox vs Facts" lagomorph777 Feb 2018 #48

Sounds like a good idea, whathehell Feb 2018 #84

Agreed, but maybe... Rumplestiltskin? lostnfound Feb 2018 #59

AND right wing radio! nt tblue37 Feb 2018 #6

RW radio is just as bad or worse YessirAtsaFact Feb 2018 #31

It is worse. redstatebluegirl Feb 2018 #62

It's not Fox News that's a problem JohnnyRingo Feb 2018 #7

This Adsos Letter Feb 2018 #106

Massive and relentless demonstrations jmbar2 Feb 2018 #8

What we need to do DFW Feb 2018 #9

When news programs knowingly spread false information and don't correct meadowlander Feb 2018 #10

Agree! Thekaspervote Feb 2018 #14

A smart satirical cartoon askyagerz Feb 2018 #11

Fox uses lots of tools to keep them watching. redstatebluegirl Feb 2018 #63

Recent early morning "headline" reader. yallerdawg Feb 2018 #112

Right, she was hired for her journalistic integrity. redstatebluegirl Feb 2018 #136

But many right wingers didn't see Colbert as a joke. They thought he was on their side. nt tblue37 Feb 2018 #64

Some people are just too dumb to get anything askyagerz Feb 2018 #70

you're right about treating it like a joke. the more foxnews and their viewers are mocked and unblock Feb 2018 #102

I read an interview with Obama in BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #12

When Foxx is on at a business, restaurant, etc vlyons Feb 2018 #13

+1,000,000 dchill Feb 2018 #16

I stopped going to a doctor murielm99 Feb 2018 #21

When I worked at joint base Lewis McChord SonofDonald Feb 2018 #68

I recently did something similar while getting an oil change crazycatlady Feb 2018 #108

We could spike91nz Feb 2018 #15

This! get the red out Feb 2018 #34

An HBO showing of a new, "Outfoxed" movie. I don't think many Maraya1969 Feb 2018 #17

Maybe a common-sense thing like at least requiring American ownership. byronius Feb 2018 #18

So the BBC must not be allowed either then MichMan Feb 2018 #27

Apples and oranges... 2naSalit Feb 2018 #42

See post # 35 MichMan Feb 2018 #52

Again, Murdoch is a US Citizen onenote Feb 2018 #65

I'm primarily concerned with disclosure. byronius Feb 2018 #50

What does the 1st amendment have to do with speech which has people, not the Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #137

Murdoch has been a US Citizen since 1985 onenote Feb 2018 #38

I'm afraid there's no simple solution because there's fundamentally, genetically two 'types' ... mr_lebowski Feb 2018 #19

And FNC destroys families. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2018 #20

What we need Soxfan58 Feb 2018 #22

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2018 #23

I've seen this: "Fox News Lies" on t-shirts/stickers in DC. Do something: wear these sawasigndc Feb 2018 #24

This should be up like all of those dumb Infowars stickers crazycatlady Feb 2018 #109

I can provide the stickers in bulk. Local democratic club want to buy 100 at $2/per? sawasigndc Feb 2018 #138

most of us don't watch it any way, and as long as murdochs don't care if foxnews makes money or not beachbum bob Feb 2018 #26

I can only control what I watch. MichMan Feb 2018 #28

Thats the spirit! N/T BannonsLiver Feb 2018 #40

I think it is everyone's business when LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #41

So you support repeal of the 1st Amendment ? MichMan Feb 2018 #46

Did I say that? LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #49

One man's propaganda is another's free speech MichMan Feb 2018 #56

Alright. Go into a shopping mall LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #58

Depends, do you own the shopping mall? brooklynite Feb 2018 #87

lol, point taken. Ligyron Feb 2018 #125

I infer absolutes as well, regardless of accuracy or fallacy... LanternWaste Feb 2018 #69

What do you propose we do? fallout87 Feb 2018 #118

I've proposed it elsewhere in this thread. LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #124

Loudly boycott their advertisers. n/t LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #33

Once we're firmly back in power we make opposition media illegal. ileus Feb 2018 #35

Gee, maybe we could put people we don't agree with in re-education camps too! EX500rider Feb 2018 #91

Did you forget the sarcasm emoji? irisblue Feb 2018 #97

faux news can be hated burnbaby Feb 2018 #36

Propaganda is not "news" though. LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #39

What can we do? Without making yourself look like an asshole to other people I don't doc03 Feb 2018 #44

The only possible way, in our system, would be to buy it and shut it down. MineralMan Feb 2018 #45

Only after Rupert Murdoch passes away exboyfil Feb 2018 #57

too bad we bdamomma Feb 2018 #47

Our education system has failed. C_U_L8R Feb 2018 #51

Young people aren't the problem Cosmocat Feb 2018 #135

Denazification. see: Julius Streicher. (n/t) FreepFryer Feb 2018 #53

Access to liberal/progressive radio and TV has been disappearing for years. rainin Feb 2018 #54

Shutting down Fox wouldn't solve the problem, others would simply ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #55

Boycott EVERYTHING FOX -- TV shows, movies, sports, EVERYTHING!!! Not just Faux Noos sponsors. KPN Feb 2018 #60

And then Newsnax? brooklynite Feb 2018 #75

Yeah, it's absolutely daunting and unrealistic. What's your solution in the face of the outright KPN Feb 2018 #116

As far as the issue in question, I'm a First Amendment absolutist... brooklynite Feb 2018 #120

You're always a bright light of common sense when it starts to get silly. One of few. 7962 Feb 2018 #130

You were frightened by a decades-old hypothetical that's probably bullshit? Dreamer Tatum Feb 2018 #61

There should be a MurrayDelph Feb 2018 #66

Every time you go into a business and Fox is on, ask them to change the channel. Vinca Feb 2018 #71

Fox News doesn't change people's minds, it reinforces what they already believe... brooklynite Feb 2018 #72

If someone on the right decides to get rid of Pacifica Radio, that'll be okay with you? brooklynite Feb 2018 #73

we need to return the fairless doctrine Bonx Feb 2018 #74

Never applied to anything other than broadcast TV. brooklynite Feb 2018 #76

Calling something "fair" doesnt make it "right" 7962 Feb 2018 #131

Check back with us after you've read the Constitution. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #77

It's hard for me to boycott Fox because I never watch it Lint Head Feb 2018 #78

We could infiltrate Fox News with people so bat shit insane nobody could possibly believe them... hunter Feb 2018 #79

Lawsuits janterry Feb 2018 #80

Whats the legal basis for your lawsuit? brooklynite Feb 2018 #89

Mine? janterry Feb 2018 #90

Most of their targets are considered public figures and are generally immune from claiming slander. brooklynite Feb 2018 #96

Well, not quite immune, but it's very difficult marybourg Feb 2018 #105

I wonder if some renegade hacker would attempt to shut them down? Lint Head Feb 2018 #82

Post removed Post removed Feb 2018 #83

Hopefully that is not a serious comment. spin Feb 2018 #93

I assume putting a ton of LSD in the nation's water supply is out of the question jmowreader Feb 2018 #85

We need a show that calls out their lies. dreamland Feb 2018 #86

What dull programming... brooklynite Feb 2018 #88

Does not violate the first amendment to regulate Fox news standingtall Feb 2018 #92

It very definitely does violate the First Amendment to do that. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #98

Cable television can and has been regulated and does not violate the standingtall Feb 2018 #100

The FCC does not regulate cable TV. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #101

The content of the speech on Cable TV is not regulated like broadcasting onenote Feb 2018 #107

I'm sure you won't mind THE DAILY SHOW or LAST WEEK TONIGHT to be censored? brooklynite Feb 2018 #111

The dailey show admits to being satire standingtall Feb 2018 #114

Point to the evidence that they say that... brooklynite Feb 2018 #115

What's the name of the channel that airs The Daily Show? .99center Feb 2018 #121

Just like MTV is all music? brooklynite Feb 2018 #122

This message was self-deleted by its author .99center Feb 2018 #123

It's not just Faux News maxrandb Feb 2018 #94

Here's a perfect example of how fucked up our country is maxrandb Feb 2018 #95

Two words: Robert Mueller Mr. Ected Feb 2018 #99

I see them as problem poisoning old brains TNLib Feb 2018 #103

Liquid Plumr? nt Atticus Feb 2018 #104

If only the Wayback Machine were real. Different Drummer Feb 2018 #110

This is cultural loyalsister Feb 2018 #113

It's already been pointed out. .99center Feb 2018 #119

It needs advertiser dollars to survive. ehrnst Feb 2018 #126

It might not help greymattermom Feb 2018 #129

It is brain poisoning BlueJac Feb 2018 #132

Where would trump get his Cha Feb 2018 #133

We successfully boycotted Rush Limbaugh with the Flush Rush campaign.. samnsara Feb 2018 #134