It allowed corporations to buy up all the media outlets they wanted, leading to homogenization of content and elimination of voices that corporations find offensive.
On The Media podcast did a miniseries about it called The Divided Dial, which was nice to hear because I had been ranting about it for years but it seemed that nobody else was paying attention. I think it’s on YT, but search and ye shall find
Pandora’s box is already open, I don’t think that would work. Another approach would be to remove hate speech from being considered free speech. Targeting violence towards minority groups shouldn’t be protected by free speech.
Bring back the fair doctrine act that Ronald Reagan got rid of.
Edit: And make it an amendment.
The 1996 Telecommunications Act is the MUCH more insidious actor.
How so? Can you explain, or should I look it up?
I remember something about that during the Clinton years, but I can’t recall what it’s about.
It allowed corporations to buy up all the media outlets they wanted, leading to homogenization of content and elimination of voices that corporations find offensive. On The Media podcast did a miniseries about it called The Divided Dial, which was nice to hear because I had been ranting about it for years but it seemed that nobody else was paying attention. I think it’s on YT, but search and ye shall find
Pandora’s box is already open, I don’t think that would work. Another approach would be to remove hate speech from being considered free speech. Targeting violence towards minority groups shouldn’t be protected by free speech.
Every time they say “sOrOs pAiD aCtOrS” pull an upper incisor out with Vice Grips on pay-per-view