Tag: Fairness Doctrine
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How do these myths start?
Compact has a good article on Trudeau’s absolute tyranny, which was aided AS ALWAYS by the media. Compact’s writers grasp HARDASS REALITY better than most, which is why I pay for a subscription. I won’t pay anyone who can’t see beyond the standard myths. In this article one of the standard myths creeps in, perhaps…
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Pew does FD
Pew continues to amaze. Uniquely among big organizations, their writing passes the Fairness Doctrine test every time. It’s NOT HARD to write objectively. You have to know which words and phrases are dog whistles for R or cat whistles for D; and then simply avoid those words and phrases. Example from their announcement of a…
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Murphy for journalism
Undoubtedly a stupid idea, but haven’t heard it anywhere else. I tried to give Newsweek a chance. I know how real fairness sounds from long experience with old radio. Newsweek failed the test quickly and decisively. In real production of cars or soap or software, real companies hire beta testers to wring out the bugs…
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Somebody gets it! /// Edit: Nope.
Finally somebody else recognizes the crucial importance of the Fairness Doctrine! I’ve been railing on this since 2007, and I’ve never seen a correct understanding of the topic let alone an appreciation. From Newsweek’s editor: = = = = = START QUOTE: In the post-Fairness Doctrine era, we have witnessed an unprecedented polarization of American…
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Meta-trust
I noticed somebody citing a poll on trusted institutions by the Edelman outfit. Looked and quickly realized the “poll” was a pusher. It was telling businesses that they need to be strictly DNC if they want to be trusted. More “climate”, more “diversity”, more “virus”, more “science”. This obviously won’t work. Taking a side is…
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Depends on what you offer
There’s a lot of bitching lately about ‘audience capture’, meaning that the newspaper or broadcaster is forced to keep pleasing only Democrats or only Repooflicans. The bitchers are blaming the audience, ordering us to pay for stuff we don’t want in order to prevent the broadcasters from being ‘captured’. Wrong. Capture is permanent, inevitable and…
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Crucial article.
This piece by Nathan Pinkoski in Compact may be the most important article of the year. More than justifies the price of the subscription! He explains what REALLY happened in 1968. The conventional account is intentionally wrong about LBJ, Nixon and Wallace. I was deeply involved in this shit as a hippie idiot, and Pinkoski’s…
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Reprinting the first realization
I figured out the real purpose of “free speech” in 1978 and wrote about it here in 2008. = = = = = START REPRINT: The notion that civilization requires a certain degree of strictness is relatively undiscussed today. American commentators on both sides insist on touting Freedom, which is a delusion. It ain’t Freedom…
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New thought along the same old line
Even pollsters now agree that debate doesn’t affect beliefs. Despite this nearly universal understanding, advocates and activists continue to push for “open debate” and “free speech”. They insist “the best answer to bad speech is good speech”. What really changes minds is EXPERIENCE. New thought: When was I able to change my mind about imperialism,…
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More doubledays
Continuing the theme of opposite-purpose Days. Today is Dimpled Chad Day. The tied Florida “election” was declared tied on Jan 4, 2001, and then the Supremes snatched up the authority that should have belonged to Congress by the obsolete pointless “constitution”, and gave us Bush and infinite war and TARP and ZIRP and “virus” holocausts.…
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Not taking the assumption
Speaking of the need to make things happen on the first day… Spokane’s new mayor Lisa Brown is doing just that. She fired the Fire Chief on the first day. The police chief quit somewhat earlier, getting out while the getting was good. I’m going to reserve judgment on these moves. Brown is a hard-left…
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Fairness Dayctrine
Today is Copyright Law Day. Today is Public Domain Day. Great idea! Simplify the thousands of stupid Days and Weeks and Months by placing opposite causes on the same day. Black History Month and White History Month together. Sugar Week and Vinegar Week together. Dwarf Awareness Month and Giant Awareness Month together. lowercase day and…
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Capsule headline
The bitcoin website Protos has followed the opposite path to bait-and-switch. They started pure pro-crypto, then seemingly learned from the failure of every single “company” and “startup” and “coin”. Now Protos is casting an appropriately jaundiced eye. This headline is wonderful: Autism may be the only asset left for 3AC founders after $1B frozen The…
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Always the bait-n-switch
Pieces by journalists trying to fix journalism always fail. Right in the middle of pretending to avoid Machiavelli and avoid fake divisions, they spill their true side, which is always the same side. This piece by Amanda Ripley gets off to a great start, listing all the sins of fake dividers and counseling how to…
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GetReligion closes
The GetReligion blog, which I’ve often read and cited here, has decided to close down in February, on the 20th anniversary of its startup. Mattingly says that their original purpose is now futile. GetReligion has always been written FOR journalists, not really FOR ordinary readers. Their commenting policy made the distinction clear. If you had…
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