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The real threat to free speech

🔗John A. deLaubenfels <jdl@...>

12/1/2003 9:53:18 AM

"The autocratic-minded -- who erroneously conclude that the growth of some media companies has meant a paucity of news or entertainment choices for the public -- don't stop with a desire to hamper network acquisitions at a time when networks get far smaller shares of national audience than they used to. Some want to go so far as to reinstate a version of the old, obnoxious fairness doctrine and require radio and TV stations to air views in addition to those of popular talk-show hosts, thereby quite conceivably endangering the existence of some of these shows."

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_3591.shtml

🔗kraig grady <kraiggrady@...>

12/1/2003 12:41:33 PM

John!
The airwaves by law are owned by the public , its use is rented by media giants. When i come down to it , media supported the patriot act and the iraq war. no other point of view was allowed , except for the occasional movie star. There is complete hold on information as bad as Russia 20 years ago.
I could agree with you less on this one!
"thereby quite conceivably endangering " means nothing except they are afraid it they just didn't have yesmen repeating th rush what he already said, people might think for themselves, which is exactlly what the forefathers wanted.

"John A. deLaubenfels" wrote:

> "The autocratic-minded -- who erroneously conclude that the growth of some media companies has meant a paucity of news or entertainment choices for the public -- don't stop with a desire to hamper network acquisitions at a time when networks get far smaller shares of national audience than they used to. Some want to go so far as to reinstate a version of the old, obnoxious fairness doctrine and require radio and TV stations to air views in addition to those of popular talk-show hosts, thereby quite conceivably endangering the existence of some of these shows."
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> http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_3591.shtml
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