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Spreading lies & Putin's propaganda
Mar 31, 2022 3:05 PM
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Spreading lies & Putin's propaganda
nasukkin
Fuck Ajit Pai, too.
oldbee5610
I've been treating it like it is, the Republican pus*y party traitors propaganda network aka Faux News? Network
MattyMakes
It's always Reagan's fault
RaySkye
If Fox 'News' reported that the sun rose in the east I would have to check for myself.
themrwrong
Holy shit, I did not know this and it is a good fact to have in the arsenal
Yupurineutah
ThisOldCPU
Almost every part of this is wrong in some way, but just enough truth that it feels like something a tabloid would print.
Imadethisaccounttopost
Fairness Doctrine only affected broadcast. We need an updated version for modern tv.
apostlepk
They were legit going on about "Drill Rap" today in just about the most white-minded racist segment I might have ever seen.
ThatMangoAteMyBabyy
Who needs facts
loma45
Apparently not OP - because the characterization of the fairness doctrine in this post is completely inaccurate
archwaykitten
I mean, you've seen press right? By all means throw out Fox because it's garbage, just don't stop there. Demand better from everyone.
bgd115
+1 for using the word "oligarchs" in reference to American business men.
truthjusticetheamericanway
Fox News is a much larger problem than most Americans realize and it causes a fucking lot of damage to democracy every moment it airs.
GermanSausagesAreTheWurst
https://unfoxmycablebox.com/
Murder0fCr0ws
Reagan. The beginning of the shitstorm that has gone downhill. Trickle down economics is great ?.
PhenTsoksar
I never needed Rupert Murdoch to see discrete bias in all news agencies. "Constructing a narrative" did not become blatantly obvious (1/
PhenTsoksar
(from my perspective) until the Clinton years. Everyone lies. Everyone has their own reason to lie, and when you know that you know (2/
PhenTsoksar
what to look for from other sources.
BallsLikeWatermelonsPeckerLikeAThimble
https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/6439197002
TheNihilistsParadoxicalWashingMachine
I am convinced Rupert Murdoch is one of the most evil people of all time. He has done so much damage over so many years, an arch poisoner.
icanseethefnords
Reagans tied with em.
Chefpnut
Isn’t that why Chris Wallace left?
dashriproc1
Smiling his Hollywood-practiced smile, Ronald Reagan was a dim-witted long term disaster for the USA. 2nd WORST PRESIDENT EVER.
icanseethefnords
Ronald Reagan was a fucking traitor.
thatauzzieguy
He is a complete cunt.
hfctom
To be fair he really didn't get started until after Clinton signed the Telcom act in 96. But yeah.
SmashySashimi
unfoxmycablebox.com
easyoneundone
jaakkopaakkonen
You guys need the fairness doctrine back
loma45
You guys need to stop pretending the Fairness Doctrine was a panacea.
jaakkopaakkonen
It is. If you don't realize it in this day and age, you have been living in a closet for years
loma45
It wouldn't even have applied to Fox, so it's a little odd that you're arguing that it would fix everything.
jaakkopaakkonen
Please do explain the difference between US and Canada
loma45
I'm honestly not even sure what you're trying to say anymore.
countbassy
Worst president ever
SergeantMajorSpoiler
He was...before W., who was before Orange McAsshat.
Wraid
pretty sure Trump, Wilson, Johnson, and Jackson all have him beat in that department, which honestly is just depressing
masteryoplait
Don't forget W, who is easily 2nd worst POTUS
ChickenChickenBurningBright
should get your short term memory looked at.
countbassy
You’re right.
countbassy
How about 1 of the worst ever?
nasukkin
You aren't applying critical thinking to your process. Trump would not have happened if not for Reagan.
slackwaresupport
he also deregulated the oil industry.. which is why gas is high. before premium couldnt be over .99 cents
PoopholeAintALoophole
99 cents*
SoraPonyBoyVersetti
I'm all for regulation but there is a difference between regulation and price controls, but I also understand price setting by the 1/2
SoraPonyBoyVersetti
Government when large amounts of subsidies are given to an industry, it's just that historically gov. setting prices backfires 2/2
LieutenantCorporalFakename
Yeah, he removed the price controls, but you know what he DIDN'T do? Remove the subsidies. Currently 20.5 BILLION. Every. Fucking. Year.
Treblaine
$20 billion to all fossil fuels (includes coal and gas). Weirdly, in the EU, 55 billion Euros in direct subsidies are granted.
LieutenantCorporalFakename
Sounds like the EU is just as fucking awful about subsidizing an industry that's already insanely profitable.
LieutenantCorporalFakename
People here in the US go "Gas is so much cheaper than elsewhere!" Cause we paid for it TWICE! First with taxes, then again at the pump!
SoraPonyBoyVersetti
Exactly!
iidky
He also gutted funding for mental health, which is why we have so many nutjobs running around.
BatsArentBugs
This is under-represented. Such a water shed moment in the US
Roadblock00
I understand your words but mental health doesn't equal everyone dealing with mental health is a nut job...its hard enough living with it
BreatheNostalgia
Thanks for beating me to it. Makes me glad to know my depression makes me a nut job
ApologeticGenXer
Hey! I resemble that comment!
HurricaneShade
And reproducing
insolentwerp
And voting republican
Syllygrrrl
And running (and winning) Republican.
iLynux
Not only "nur jobs" but millions of homeless. After public mental health care centers shut down, all those people ended up in the streets.
TheNLK
I don't think they are just talking about people in institutions.. The average person that needs psychiatric help that can't afford it.
ArmedandOverclocked
those were shut down due to an ACLU lawsuit, which was quite necessary.
iLynux
nut*
sirmixanaverageamount
I might.
industrylife
Bet
IbetterFedeliskSKIELSKPadarscoumbBABARND
Not a totally accurate portrayal of the fairness doctrine but i get your point
masteryoplait
It doesn't claim the fairness doctrine was scraped for Murdoch, just that it was scraped by his FCC.
chasingatrailofsmokeandreason
Wasn't it about broadcast licensing over public airwaves (radio and basic TV)? Fox News wouldn't be covered under that.
TChallaVanDam
Correct. The government was regulating the airwaves. They wouldn’t have had any authority over private cable companies under the FD anyway.
culinarydream7224
My understanding is that it only require stations to air both sides of an argument, which probably would give the alt-right a bigger...
culinarydream7224
...advantage than anything else. In a debate the liar will always have an advantage and Republicans are pros at outrage politics
theworldcouldbeflat
When Reagan did that you idiots nobody had cable hardly at all, except for lonely Bacheolors, it kind of was limited to INCEL types. Cable
theworldcouldbeflat
companies wanting to enter the market didn't have channels to add to interest subscribers. 1980 also marks when MTV started.
theworldcouldbeflat
It was all one big corrupt undertaking done quietly by Ronald Reagan because he was an actor and he was convinced he was helping an industry
BriefausdemGeist
He moved to the US in 74, he naturalized in 85. He’s still a POS, but you’re flagrantly wrong on that point.
masteryoplait
Fair enough, but Fox news is anti democracy and anti American.
TP4cornholio456
Sensible thing would be to delete wrong information & post correct information. Especially when your premise is about misinformation.
masteryoplait
Nah, it’s 2022, why should the GQP have a monopoly on horseshit. I think you guys clearly debunked what’s not true. I wish you all cared as
masteryoplait
much about the nightly lies spread by this anti democracy “news” outlet.
GetHighWithTowlie
I don't like what someone else does, so I'm gonna do it too! Be better
cbale2000
The part about the fairness doctrine is totally wrong too. Fairness doctrine had nothing to do with stopping media lying.
Furyustyles
And it was voted down unanimously by the FCC board 6-0 by 3 democrats and 3 republicans
Targe0
He was also born in the UK but was raise in Australia then moved to the USA. He also gave up his citizenship so that he would be a Solely ->
Targe0
American as at the time to own a news outlet in the US you couldn't be a duel citizen. Likely a hold over law from the Red Scare era.
loma45
Also, the Fairness Doctrine didn't "keep television from lying", and wouldn't have applied to Fox anyway. This whole post is mostly wrong
mtsrocks
it had the air of BS right? thoss graphics look like the 2016 election
LieutenantCorporalFakename
Please explain why the fairness doctrine, which applied to any news reported, wouldn't apply to Fox News?
KaoruVanity
It only regulated broadcast television. Being that fox news is a cable network the fairness doctrine never applied.
LieutenantCorporalFakename
It requires "holders of broadcast licenses" to adhere to the rules. Fox News is a cable program, but the corp also holds a broadcast license
KaoruVanity
Except if it was a rule still in place they would just have Fox "News" be a subsidiary corporation that doesn't have one.