--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: <snip> > > > > I'm discouraging the dissemination without rebuttal > > > > on national television of documented falsehoods > > > > concerning the lead-up to 9/11. > > > > > > Yes, that's precisely what you're doing. I congratulate you > > > for admitting it. > > > > I'm not "admitting" it, I'm *asserting* it. > > > > > Of course, "the dissemination without rebuttal on national > > > television of documented falseoods concerning the lead-up to > > > 9/11" is free speech and that is what you are discouraging. > > > > The public airwaves are obligated to present > > both sides of a story, Shemp. > > No they're not! > > There is an obligation on the part of certain broadcasters to > give "equal time" to opposing politicians when certain politicians, > such as the president, gives an address.
No, it's any politician running for office. And that's a regulation, not just an obligation. > Show me a law where it says that the public airwaves are obligated > to present both side of a story. Such a law would, indeed, be a > violation of the first amendment. I didn't say there was a law, Shemp. I said there was an obligation. It's called the "public interest standard," and it is FCC policy (as opposed to a regulation). To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
