tom
The point I'm trying to make is about persistent misinformation Tom. The recent Maryland study on misinformation found a direct correlation between people holding misconceptions (belieiving something factually untrue) and exclusive viewing of Fox News. (Although exclusive viewers of MSNBC were also misinformed about some things as well.)
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/study-fox-ne ... consumers/
The problem with the end of the fairness Doctrine was because it took the natural governance off public debate. When all sides (I prefer all to both, but I guess in the US its almost always both) are given equal time they both have to acknowledge that the opposition has said something. Either they have to respond by providing evidence or substantiation for something they've said or they have to challenge the other voice....
According to a 2007 study by the Free Press and the Centre for American Progress 91% of AM talk radio programming is now "right Wing". Hannity, Savage, OReilly, Limbaugh etc." Its very profitable for AM stations to pick up a satellite feed and live off the network share and local advertising they can derive from the dedicated listernship.
But without a challenge these on air personalities follow Pierces' Second Great premise: Anything they say, if they say it loudly enough and often enough is to be taken as true by their audience.
My point is that the irrational people in the study weren't born that way. They listened to their exclusive media and their informational base was mishapen by the lack of exposure to anything else.
Oh boy, here we go again, AM radio and Fox news = Bad. All else = Good. Ricky, why do you refuse to admit CNN, ABC, CBS, etc (lets not get into MSNBC) lean left? ONLY those who are right are bad???
And the fairness doctrine sounded fair only, the whole idea was to tilt all news to the left and attempt to homogenize news, it was anything but fair and anything but free speech
The point I'm trying to make is about persistent misinformation Tom. The recent Maryland study on misinformation found a direct correlation between people holding misconceptions (belieiving something factually untrue) and exclusive viewing of Fox News. (Although exclusive viewers of MSNBC were also misinformed about some things as well.)
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/study-fox-ne ... consumers/
The problem with the end of the fairness Doctrine was because it took the natural governance off public debate. When all sides (I prefer all to both, but I guess in the US its almost always both) are given equal time they both have to acknowledge that the opposition has said something. Either they have to respond by providing evidence or substantiation for something they've said or they have to challenge the other voice....
According to a 2007 study by the Free Press and the Centre for American Progress 91% of AM talk radio programming is now "right Wing". Hannity, Savage, OReilly, Limbaugh etc." Its very profitable for AM stations to pick up a satellite feed and live off the network share and local advertising they can derive from the dedicated listernship.
But without a challenge these on air personalities follow Pierces' Second Great premise: Anything they say, if they say it loudly enough and often enough is to be taken as true by their audience.
My point is that the irrational people in the study weren't born that way. They listened to their exclusive media and their informational base was mishapen by the lack of exposure to anything else.