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In reply to the discussion: John BOLTON Dodges Question From Vet & Insults Him-Fox Edits Out Booing & Replaces It With Applause [View all]AlanGrayson
(1 post)The Fairness Doctrine will certainly help to get those propagandists off the airwaves.
The way we have it set up now, it is like you are in court, and the only person allowed to make a case against you is the prosecutor, and he is allowed to say whatever he wants...in fact, he can lie with impunity.
That is exactly what the Conservative movement has done in this country. They built a playing field where they are free to say anything in the name of free speech, and get away with the presentation of false information as being reliable enough to allow the listener to decide. Let's go back to the prosecutor. How bad a prosecutor would he have to be to lose any case before the court? There is no advocate for you that is telling your side of the story, there is no one there to say "I object" when the prosecutor lies, and you hear them call it fair and balanced justice.
If you cannot see that decisions that are based on false information are usually poor decisions, you need look no further than the Iraq War. No WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, just mass distraction.
Reinstate the fairness doctrine, and you'll see Fox News fall.