Why the news is extremely biased more than ever
In support of President Ronald R., Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes made a deal with persons of influence in the US which resulted in removing the required balance in reporting and information in news media:
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“The beginnings of the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine. The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that was in effect from 1949 to 1987. It called on broadcasters to provide balanced views on controversial topics. For many, the end of the doctrine is associated with the rise of conservative talk radio, which flourished once the programming requirements of balance in the name of the “public interest” were eliminated. Indeed, informational radio formats, including talk and public affairs, rose from just 7 percent of AM stations in 1987 to 28 percent by 1995.5 The literature in the communications and political science fields and the accounts of the main actors as told to this author identify a strong causal link between the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine and the advent of talk radio.6 Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph N. Cappella write, “The end of the Fairness Doctrine paved the way for talk .....”
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Here is an excerpt with names and references you can research yourself.
“The beginnings of the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine. The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that was in effect from 1949 to 1987. It called on broadcasters to provide balanced views on controversial topics. For many, the end of the doctrine is associated with the rise of conservative talk radio, which flourished once the programming requirements of balance in the name of the “public interest” were eliminated. Indeed, informational radio formats, including talk and public affairs, rose from just 7 percent of AM stations in 1987 to 28 percent by 1995.5 The literature in the communications and political science fields and the accounts of the main actors as told to this author identify a strong causal link between the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine and the advent of talk radio.6 Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph N. Cappella write, “The end of the Fairness Doctrine paved the way for talk .....”
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