Comments on: Support Wanes for Caricature of Fairness Doctrine http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/02/17/support-wanes-for-caricature-of-fairness-doctrine/ The national media watch group Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:31:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: FAIR Blog » Blog Archive » Bogus Net Neutrality Poll http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/02/17/support-wanes-for-caricature-of-fairness-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-68031 FAIR Blog » Blog Archive » Bogus Net Neutrality Poll Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:36:41 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=5954#comment-68031 [...] 2009 Rasmussen did a survey about the Fairness Doctrine, which was debunked here at the FAIR Blog (2/17/09). Rasmussen asked respondents if "the government should require all radio stations to offer equal [...] [...] 2009 Rasmussen did a survey about the Fairness Doctrine, which was debunked here at the FAIR Blog (2/17/09). Rasmussen asked respondents if "the government should require all radio stations to offer equal [...]

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]]> By: commprof http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/02/17/support-wanes-for-caricature-of-fairness-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2924 commprof Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:42:05 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=5954#comment-2924 The conservative net casts wide as the misinformation campaign unfairly demonizes the Fairness Doctrine, ignoring the context in which it was framed. Perhaps a successful tack for progressives interested in fairness should be an effort to bring back the "self-regulation" of the broadcast industry with The Radio Code; seeking a return to decency and civility in public commercial broadcast. Just last week in Denver, longtime libertarian/conservative talker Peter Boyles repeatedly referred to Denver Democratic Congresswoman Diana DeGette as, "Vagina DeGette." In a half-hearted apology on the air (2-23) to the Denver Post reporter who called him out, KHOW's Boyles asked how he should address her, and suggested "Vagina Green" (Susan Greene). This isn't about politics. But rather it is about a commercial radio industry unable to maintain any standards of decency in broadcast, exactly what the self-regulated "Radio Code" addressed from the 1960's to the mid-80's. How things have changed when liberal/progressives call for decency in broadcast, and conservatives resort to crass, tackiness in order to hawk their broadcast of what has become a widespread soiling of the publics airwaves. Leave a Reply The conservative net casts wide as the misinformation campaign unfairly demonizes the Fairness Doctrine, ignoring the context in which it was framed.
Perhaps a successful tack for progressives interested in fairness should be an effort to bring back the "self-regulation" of the broadcast industry with The Radio Code; seeking a return to decency and civility in public commercial broadcast.
Just last week in Denver, longtime libertarian/conservative talker Peter Boyles repeatedly referred to Denver Democratic Congresswoman Diana DeGette as, "Vagina DeGette."
In a half-hearted apology on the air (2-23) to the Denver Post reporter who called him out, KHOW's Boyles asked how he should address her, and suggested "Vagina Green" (Susan Greene).
This isn't about politics. But rather it is about a commercial radio industry unable to maintain any standards of decency in broadcast, exactly what the self-regulated "Radio Code" addressed from the 1960's to the mid-80's.
How things have changed when liberal/progressives call for decency in broadcast, and conservatives resort to crass, tackiness in order to hawk their broadcast of what has become a widespread soiling of the publics airwaves.

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