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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:42 PM Original message |
If you ran the FCC... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Restore competition by reregulating the industry. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. 1) Require community service programming 2) restore the one-outlet-per-media-market rule |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bill Clinton |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. No, it started when Reagan got rid of the fariness doctrine in 1987 |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Oh! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Damn right. n/t |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. BRING BACK THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE!! And Let There Be Low-Power Community Stations |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yup, screw this satellite crap. |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. The fairness doctrine |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. The Fairness Doctrine has become the scapegoat for the condition of today's journalism. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I would support anything that protects fairness. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. What is "fairness" though? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Fairness, like pornography, is something you know when you see it. n/t |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. But who is to be the judge of that? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. If pornography can be quantified, so can fairness. n/t |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. That's the ticket, bring back the fairness doctrine |
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wvbygod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. There can be no fairness doctrine |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well what would I know? I'm just a Brit ... |
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Max_powers94 (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. nudity after 11pm |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. New FCC chair: Max_powers94! n/t |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. Take away a few b'cast licenses. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I like that no advertising rule during news shows. n/t |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. Stop trying to define and redefine every ten minutes what 'decency' is (nt) |
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Youphemism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. Revoke licenses for stations that boost volume during commercials. /nt |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Can my husband work with you on that? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. You know, that used to be against FCC regulations |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. actually, it never was against the regs |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. now here's a weird coincidence: Anna Eshoo recently introduced the CALM Act |
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Youphemism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. Oh, and replace the Emergency Broadcast shriek with Nine Inch Nails music. /nt |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'd put the Pacifica Radio team in charge of PBS and NPR - nt |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. Make laws to break up the ClearChannel monstrosity. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. Prohibit corporations from owning corporations. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I like the Green Bay Packers model... |
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Ysabel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. sorry i've been posting without reading all the comments today anyway YES... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Yes, I do too. Cable systems should be municipally owned - available to companies. |
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Ysabel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. make television a public utility... |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. Takes shits like Michael Reagan off the air. |
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