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Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)If the issue is, say, Evolution, then there are NO responsible parties on the anti-side, but a 15% requirement like you propose would mean that creationists would be given 15% because the vacuum must be filled under your idea.
NO.
Who decides what a "responsible party" is?
Is the decider responsible?
How do you apply your idea to a site like DU? Force DU to give Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter 15%? Force Ann Coulter to give 15% to DailyKos?
The further down the rabbit hole you go trying to fix up such details like that then the more complicated your scheme gets.
No. Don't go there.
The best quick fix is not a new unicorn / old leprechaun "fairness doctrine" but more speech, not less.
[font size="+1"]The real solution to the media madness is one that is hated by people looking for a simplistic quick fix because it is not quick and it is foundational: Make a first class educational system that helps all speeds of learners and emphasizes critical thinking and analysis.[/font]
People (as a mass) get the (mass) media they get because (as a mass) they like it.
The internet opens up options for everybody but nothing forces a FReak to read the New York Times or forces a Bernie supporter to read Glenn Beck.
These days there is a lot less mass media and a lot more media.
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