--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: <snip> > > > 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). > > Well, fuck obligations...especially when they violate freedom of > speech.
Well, obviously it isn't *censorship*, because the obligation involves *more* speech, not *less* speech. And such an obligation (I'm still waiting to see where in > writing it even says that such an obligation exists) is a diversion > from what we're discussing. Oh, my goodness, no, it's not a diversion. Hard to understand how you could have missed the connection. ..AND definitely doesn't justify your > version of censorship. You forgot, I don't advocate censorship, I'm immovably opposed to it. > So, dearie, show us where this obligation exists in writing, > please... Here's an excerpt from a discussion thereof (there are many such discussions on the Web if you care to search for the phrase): In essence, the public interest standard in broadcasting has attempted to invigorate the political life and democratic culture of our nation. Commercial broadcasting has often performed this task superbly. But when it has fallen short, Congress and the FCC have developed new policy tools that try to achieve those goals. Specific policies try to foster diversity of programming, assure candidate access to the airwaves, provide diverse views on public issues, encourage news and public affairs programming, promote localism, develop quality programming for children, and sustain a separate realm of high-quality, noncommercial television programming. http://www.mediainstitute.org/gore/draft_II.html The basic principle behind the public interest standard should be obvious: Because the broadcast networks make huge profits from their use of the airwaves, which are owned by the public and licensed to the networks for virtually nothing, the networks should operate in the interests of the public. 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/
