I see a number of them here advocating censorship of Fox News.
Without the 1st Amendment, such a sentiment might grow beyond insular little RF.
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Fox News should be banned!
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Without the 1st Amendment, such a sentiment might grow beyond insular little RF.
Underhill
Well-Known Member
There is a difference between censorship and equal time policy (which is what the broadcast networks have to follow). It isn't perfect, and bias will always be present, but it helped. Why not simply apply the same rule to cable networks...?
Underhill
Well-Known Member
I don't really know them. I wouldn't say I really know you. Although you seem to be a friendly ole codger...
I hear the argument from fans that Fox News is equal time,
given the leftish bias of so many other major sources.
Underhill
Well-Known Member
I can understand their resentment. They simply aren't thinking it through.
I hate what Fox News has helped to do in this country. They have been the single largest threat to reasoned governing I've seen in the last few decades. But censorship is a two edged sword.
Until I explode in vengeful rage!!!!
Underhill
Well-Known Member
Yeah, except it isn't. But we've had that discussion before.
But I'd rather not have government imposing laws regulating news content.
A free market of ideas beats gov aparatchiks deciding what we should see.
You say it isn't.
I say that it is.
If NPR can campaign for Dems, why can't Fox do so for Pubs?
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
False equivalency, and you should know why that is.
I knew it!
The old false false equivalency fallacy has arrived.
While it creates a straw man, it's even worse than the straw man fallacy because it rests
upon the false presumption that there was ever a claim that 2 things were "equivalent"
Tis always invoked to deny any commonality between leftish & rightish groups.
Each side needs to believe they're better than the other, eg, smarter, ethicaller, prettier.
They just can't admit they're both subject to the same human frailties.
esmith
Veteran Member
Your idea of a "reasoned governing" may in direct opposition to theirs. That is why this is a Constitutional Republic and not single party rule. It seems that the idea is growing among certain group of the population that if someone presents ideas that oppose their beliefs that they do not have the right to be heard or it is considered hate speech; then there are those that have to have a "safe space" so they are free from what they consider ideas that are affront to them. So, tell me this,what side of the political ideology is coming close to demanding "censorship"? I'll give you a couple of guesses and their ideology is a directly opposite of their political moniker.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
The thing with that is is that shows like the Daily Show or Last Week Tonight don't try to pretend to anything but comedy shows that bring up current events (I'd say John Oliver is more of a comedian/activist than comedian/news anchor). They don't even have "news" in their names. Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC do masquerade as real news, and to them ratings are more important than accuracy, with Fox proclaiming they are "fair and balanced" even though anyone should be able to tell they aren't.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Conservatives and Republicans themselves are very gungho about censorship, especially when it comes to sex, rock 'n roll, heavy metal, and anything that may upset or offend their religious beliefs (but yet violence is more likely to be ok). The Conservative group One Million Moms even has the gall to demand companies not feature ads that feature homosexuals, and especially not homosexual families when a kid is featured in the ad.
leibowde84
Veteran Member
Actually, it is the most popular Cable News Channel in the United States. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/01/cable-news-ratings-q1-2015-cnn-msnbc_n_6984866.html
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Give it about 20 years and their ratings will plummet, given that their majority demograph is older people.
leibowde84
Veteran Member
Fair enough, but currently they are dominating Cable News. It's very disturbing, imho.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
It seems like, on the surface, but overall not that many people, especially younger generations, get into cable or print news much today because there is the internet and other electronic devices for looking up the news. I'd say probably by the end of the 2020s cable news is going to face its own demise like print news is today.
leibowde84
Veteran Member
Agreed in full. Anything with that much repetition and commercials is going to go the way of the dodo.