This thread is just a small group of unknown, anonymous, lowest-level
drek DUmmies talking
among themselves. The subject is very tired: Shutting down Rush, Fox, and anyone else
who doesn't parrot the party line endorsed by The One. It just caught my fancy because it
is so unbelievably stupid, so clueless. I even wonder a little if it might be a clutch of moles
making posts to build some DUmp cred.
southerncrone (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-11-09 10:53 PM
Original message
Is it time the FCC started pulling some licenses of "news" organizations?
Does anyone have information about what is required of an organization registered as a
"news" outlet with the FCC?
Seems Faux Noise, along w/the companies who sponsor Rush the Gush, Belck, & other
hate-mongers must have a code of conduct & ethics expected of them if they hold news
licenses. The fact that Faux Noise continually reports erroneous information should be
reason for their being "jerked off the air"!
What are your thoughts on this? Could we petition the FCC on this?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6281079 I know about broadcast licenses, but is there such a thing as a "news license"? Does t r u t h o u t have one?
Does the DUmp? Surely William Rivers Pitt keeps one in his hatband.
Newsjock (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-11-09 10:54 PM
Response to Original message
1. FCC has no jurisdiction over cable/satellite
Sadly, them's the laws.
southerncrone (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-11-09 10:57 PM
2. Thanks for that info, newsjock. Exactly what I wanted to know.
Not happy w/the answer.....but.
Who does have jurisdiction over cable/satellite?
They certainly must be regulated by someone.
Right. Everybody's gotta be regulated by somebody.
kirby (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-11-09 10:58 PM
3. Not possible...
Perhaps the licenses of the AM / FM radio stations that carry these hate-speech/riot inciters.
But the FCC only covers 'public airwaves'. Private Satellite transmissions does not count.
tritsofme (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-11-09 11:00 PM
4. Use government agencies to shut down your political opponents?
Sounds like something George Bush or Hugo Chavez might be interested in, not me.
DUmmy tritsofme at least got the Yugo part right, and saved himself from a tombstone by
tossing in GWB.
1handclapn (55 posts) Tue Aug-11-09 11:09 PM
5. if they lie distort, incite mayham... shut them down after a warning..maybe after a big fine..
southerncrone (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-11-09 11:13 PM
7. There is a difference between "political opponents" and flat out liars.
If they were engaging in "honest debate" of the topics & offering differing views & backing
them up w/facts & the truth, I have no problem with that.
However, out-and-out lying becomes an ethical problem for us all. Especially the uninformed,
who believe these lies because they are representing themselves as "news organizations",
instead of what they really are--propoganda machines. THAT sounds like Hitler & the old USSR folks.
Wow. I thought DUmmy southerncrone was after Rush, Fox News, et al. Then she (assuming the
DUmmy knows "crone" is feminine) turns around and makes a case for shutting down ABC, NBC,
CBS, Time, Newsweek, the New York Times, Washington Post, L.A. Times, Associated Press, Reuters,
CNN, MSDNC, and on and on. I'm beginning to like DUmmy southerncrone.
