Tag: Fairness Doctrine
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Reminds me…
This Brit pollster is talking about the complete loss of trust in media and politics. Also applies to every other institution, churches, schools, big business. Reminds me of an old Kingston Trio song. Every word is still precisely valid. The media side has been going on longer than the others, and SHOULD have offered a…
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Hollywood still isn’t learning
Celebrities who dare to question war are being kicked out. Dammit, ordinary people are tired of all this shit. Wars, “viruses”, “genders”, “racism”, all isms. Tired of politicians who destroy the world instead of solving problems. Hollywood, your job is ENTERTAINMENT. You’re not supposed to add more shit. You’re supposed to provide RELIEF from the…
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Master class
In this live segment Tiffany is unintentionally giving a Master Class in real journalism. She illustrates the correct characteristics and behaviors and forms of thinking. Wide open about her own biases and preferences, willing to get deeply personal with sources, always keeping the facts STRICTLY separate from all personalities and preferences. If any professional journalists…
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Another trust restorer
Sailer points to a university president who has learned the Bud Light lesson. When you’re running a business or a college or a government, your SOLE goal is serving your employees and customers. The business or college or government has specific well-defined products. Beer or research or safe neighborhoods. As long as you work SOLELY…
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FD = GS
I’ve probably written this before, but feels like a good time to write it again. The Fairness Doctrine was directly parallel to Glass-Steagall. Both New Deal laws tried to separate frauds from honest business. FD forced broadcasters to avoid partisan disputes and devote a certain amount of time to public service. GS forced banks to…
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New breed?
Random thought, probably wrong. The Sammy trial is giving birth to a new breed of journalists in the same way that Watergate and OJ caused major shifts in the field. The new breed has to get along without all their usual hardware, which is banned in the courtroom. They watch the trial, some in the…
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Auctions
Activists are constantly complaining about censorship and canceling. I’ve never been excited about those topics because I recognize that censorship is the default. Censorship is another name for editing. Publishers always choose what to publish. I realized much earlier that canceling is rarely what it appears. An executive who is fired for “political” reasons is…
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Not so simple.
Denyse says: The CBC, like all similar media, dates back to the days when news was hard to find. That hasn’t been true for decades now. Govt efforts to save them (eg Bill C-18) are stifling Canadians. Americans, look out: Your legacy media might want it for you next. Not quite so simple. News was…
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Another Fairness Doctrine comedian
Alex Velluto is another modern comedian who sticks to the Fairness Doctrine and shows a DEEP understanding of the facts of life. Despite meritocracy and Cinderella stories, being popular or unpopular is an innate permanent trait. Unpopular people need to stop wasting effort on an unachievable goal, and seek satisfaction more creatively. Velluto also takes…
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Fresh point
Tara Henley interviews Sue Gardner, a former CBC executive who now writes on the problems of media. Gardner hits the usual well-known issues about the failure and mistrust of media, which is an international problem. She adds one point I haven’t heard before. There have always been people who pay more attention to news and…
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Fairness Doctrine is back.
THIS DUDE UNDERSTANDS KRAUTS. Hat tip to Cindy Sheehan for pointing to the DryBar channel, which enforces the Fairness Doctrine rigorously. It’s made up of comedians who don’t spend all their time either FUCKING TRUMP or SUCKING TRUMP. They just laugh at life.
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Mach rock
In Machiavelli World, everything is divided. No thought is allowed to flow down the main riverbed. When a politician wants to chill “divisiveness”, he always wants to censor the other team and universalize his own team. The Fairness Doctrine censored the rock. It prohibited broadcasters from splitting everything into R and D.
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The father of boilerplate
Previously I covered the Army Press, a simple manual press that could handle newspaper-size stock. The Army Press helped country weeklies to survive until they could afford more automatic presses. Reviewing the Army Press: It looked like a proof press. On the proof press, the paper is clamped to the roller, which rolls and slides…
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That’s not how we get there.
Weiss interviews Vivek. He’s obviously running to be Trump’s VP, no matter how strongly he asserts otherwise. This is standard political strategy. Nobody ever SAYS he’s running for VP. Vivek is pushing for “raw unfiltered meritocracy”. That’s exactly how we got into the current grotesque situation where a few monstrous psychopaths own the world and…
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Chinese FD
As usual Ankler provides a thoughtful discussion. Why is Hollywood losing its connection with China? Most of the reasons are well known. Xi is switching back to China’s 5000-year norm of internal isolation. The middle kingdom is the only kingdom. After 40 years of commercial connection and student spying, China has acquired all of our…
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