--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > <shempmcgurk@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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. > > > > > > Nothing cited above supports your contentions. > > > > > > All the worthy principles cited apply to broadcasting IN > GENERAL. > > > It does NOT apply to a single broadcaster such as ABC. > > > > So it's your contention that this policy is to be > > invoked only when *all* of commercial broadcasting > > has fallen short of these goals? > > > > It's a policy, not a law. > > That means that it is there to guide regulators as to what they want > the airwaves to produce. It is NOT a license to force a single > network to have all sorts of points of view on one subject. > >
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