Wow, apparently this is true. See HuffPost article here.
Now, why don’t we have those same rules here? According to the article, “…high quality news coverage including the kind of foreign affairs and investigative journalism that flourished in this country before Ronald Reagan abolished the “Fairness Doctrine” in 1987…”
And what’s that? According to wiki: “The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, that required the holders of broadcast licenses to both present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was, in the Commission’s view, honest, equitable and balanced.”
It amazes me that Fox’s slogan is “Fair & Balanced”. Seriously, it’s just too much of a joke.
My disgust for Harper knows no bounds.
(via promotingpowerfulpeople)
