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If a critical mass of people on twitter generate enough Section 230 hot takes, all that energy fuses to create renewed interest in the #FairnessDoctrine.
I wrote a book on the FD so let me walk you through why reviving it would be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea.
I wrote a book on the FD so let me walk you through why reviving it would be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea.
First, the Fairness Doctrine was responsible for the most successful episode of government censorship of the past half century. While the Fairness Doctrine was technically created to encourage fair and balanced coverage of “controversial issues of public importance"...
...in the 1960s the Kennedy administration weaponized it to punish conservative radio critics. You see, fairness is in the eye of the beholder--which is the FCC--and the person who appoints the commissioners--the president--gets a say in what looks fair or foul.
Dear @AOC the short answer to your question is at no point is Fox obligated to tell the truth. We had laws on the books in the #US that were tantamount to an obligation of objectivity, but those laws like many other... 1/3
... "regulations," were revoked during the #Reagan administration. As a result, we find ourselves in a situation where it's not up to a #broadcaster NOT to lie; it's up to the audience to hunt for the truth.
You have made some beautiful waves since getting into #WashingtonDC. But if you want to surf giants, try bringing back the #FairnessDoctrine. That'll be the beginning of obligating broadcasters to Not lie. 
I have a degree in Journalism. I lasted only 8 weeks @fox32news & not as a result of the maddening pressure. NO. It was the obvious slant I witnessed which seeped into the writing, delivery, & overall mentality. More so, it was the utter lack of humanity I saw first hand. 1/
I quit. A few days later I was offered a job at a well known Chicago paper, & in dire need of the generous salary it would provide. Same week, I was headhunted for a job in the Ad industry. In my wide-eyed hope of changing the world for the better via journalism after college 2/
the Ad industry job option felt like selling out. But I remembered what I had seen, and how I couldn't *literally* meet my own eyes in the mirror after work sometimes. So I deviated, and went into the Ad world, where I have stayed happily, for 20 years. 3/
