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The Fairness Doctrine How We Lost it, and Why We Need it Back by Steve Rendall
The Fairness Doctrine had two basic elements: It required broadcasters to devote some of their airtime to discussing controversial matters of public interest, and to air contrasting views regarding those matters. Stations were given wide latitude as to how to provide contrasting views: It could be done through news segments, public affairs shows or editorials.
The Fairness DoctorineWho owns CNN? or MSNBC? ABC? and Other Corporate Media Sources Columbia Journalism Review - Who Owns What? CJR's online guide to what major media companies own and A selected list of articles in CJR about media ownership. Who Owns the Media? Think the Internet Will Always be Open? You think the Internet will always be the great freewheeling information superhighway you've grown to love? Well, think again. Media giants want to privatize our Internet. Think the Internet Will Always be Open? Internet Freedom Under Fire: Act Now The CEOs of the largest cable and telephone companies are hatching a scheme that would give them control over what content you can view and what services you can use on the Internet. Internet Freedom Under Fire: Act Now Big Radio Greed The concentration of radio ownership has ushered in a new age of payola. Huge recording labels pay off radio conglomerates to play their most bankable performers. Commercial "talent" is pushed to the top of playlists nationwide, shoving local artists off the airwaves. When labels pay big radio to play their most mainstream acts, independent music suffers and radio choice turns into a mind-numbing race to the bottom. Big Radio Greed Tell the CW Network not to do Business with Right-wing Propagandists The company we are concerned about is Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair is the company that pre-empted Nightline's episode that read the names of those killed in Iraq, that planned an hour-long propaganda attack on John Kerry two weeks before the 2004 election, and that continues to air right-wing commentary with no ideological balance. Stop Sinclair Again Free Press - Stop News Fraud - Media is the Issue Free Press is a nonpartisan organization working to involve the public in media policymaking and to craft policies for more democratic media. Media Is The Issue Who Owns What - Congressman Bernie Sanders 5 Corporations Own Everything You See and Hear Who Owns What? Turn Off Corporate Media If You Value DemocracyThe Disinformation Society By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. George Bush’s re-election has been explained as a red-state-versus-blue-state “values” gap. But research shows a majority of Bush voters were misinformed about White House policies on the environment, Iraq, and terrorism. Instead of news, they got propaganda disseminated by the right-wing machine, corporate broadcasters, and journalists who think balance is reporting one side. The Disinformation SocietyFOX NEWS: Email Addresses and Phone Numbers Let FOX know how you feel about their propoganda organization attacking our democracy. Contact FOX NEWS: Email Addresses and Phone Numbers Are 2,000 U.S. Deaths "Negligible"? Fox's Brit Hume downplays U.S. deaths in Iraq Are 2,000 U.S. Deaths "Negligible"? Don't FOX With Local News Roger Ailes, the architect behind the right-wing tilt of cable news, is now remaking 35 local television stations -- broadcasting to nearly 40 percent of America’s homes -- in Fox News Channel’s image. Don't FOX with local news Bill O'Reilly Exposed O'Reilly uses his position as the centerpiece of Fox News' prime-time lineup to serially misinform his audiences, consistently skewing his presentation to advance conservative viewpoints (though he did admit on July 19, 2004, that Fox News "does tilt right"). As Media Matters has documented O'Reilly's tactics and false statements, he has derided the organization on numerous occasions, at one point describing Media Matters employees as "the most vile, despicable human beings in the country." Media Matters named O'Reilly as its 2004 Misinformer of the Year. Bill O'Reilly Exposed In their own words: How Fox News hosts and reporters reacted to the London attacks Here's a roundup of how some Fox News hosts and reporters responded to the July 7 terrorist attacks in London: In their own words: How Fox News hosts and reporters reacted to the London attacks Lack Of Rove Coverage Proves Roger Ailes Wrong Again About FOX News The revelation that Karl Rove has been implicated in the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame is currently being reported in the top U.S. stories on Google News right now. A search of FOXNews.com finds no report on this story, which broke Friday and was updated Saturday in Editor and Publisher, among other places. Lack Of Rove Coverage Proves Roger Ailes Wrong Again About FOX News Fox Freudian slip: Asman asked Lott why a compromise was needed when "we" had the votes for the nuclear option Responding to Sen. Trent Lott's (R-MS) suggestion that Senate Republicans had the necessary votes to invoke the so-called nuclear option and that such a step was necessary, Fox News anchor David Asman asked Lott why Republican senators had compromised on the issue. Why compromise, Asman asked, "if we should have done it and if we had the votes to do it." Asman clarified that it was "you guys in the Republican party" who had the votes. Fox Freudian slip: (Quicktime) Fox Freudian slip: (Windows Media) Corporate Control of the Media The media plays a crucial role in our democracy in providing objective and unbiased points of view. Corporate Control of the Media The National Conference For Media Reform Fed up with the media? Want to do something about it? Activists from across the country will converge in St. Louis on May 13-15 to mobilize to fix our broken media system. Please join us for one of the most exciting and inspiring events of the year. The National Conference For Media Reform Conservative Coup at CPB Brings Anti-Public-Interest-Oriented Ken Ferree to Agency’s Head The ideologically driven majority on the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) now has the perfect apparatchik to run its zealous campaign to promote conservative/GOP-approved public broadcasting programming. Ken Ferree is now its “acting president.” That spells trouble for those who care about the fate of PBS and NPR--with a capital F. Conservative Coup at CPB Brings Anti-Public-Interest-Oriented Ken Ferree to Agency’s Head Horse Thieves At PBS Envisioning a world in which “Morning Edition” sounds a lot more like “Fox News,” President Bush and his conservative friends have been trying to stage a right-wing coup at PBS and NPR. Horse Thieves At PBS Kevin Martin Appointed FCC Chairman, Ken Ferree Named to Leading Post at Corporation for Public Broadcasting President Bush named conservative commissioner Kevin Martin to head the Federal Communications Commission. Separately, Ken Ferree was named as Chief Operating Officer for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Kevin Martin Appointed FCC Chairman, Ken Ferree Named to Leading Post at Corporation for Public Broadcasting Boston Columnist Gets Gov't Contract A columnist for the Boston Herald has been awarded a contract worth up to $10,000 from the administration of Gov. Mitt Romney to promote the governor's environmental policies. Boston Columnist Gets Gov't Contract A Culture of Death, Not Life By Frank Rich / New York Times Mortality - the more graphic, the merrier - is the biggest thing going in America. Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing bodies for almost a solid month now. The carefully edited, three-year-old video loops of Ms. Schiavo may have been worthless as medical evidence but as necro-porn their ubiquity rivaled that of TV's top entertainment franchise, the all-forensics-all-the-time "CSI." To help us visualize the dying John Paul, another Fox star, Geraldo Rivera, brought on Dr. Michael Baden, the go-to cadaver expert from the JonBenet Ramsey, Chandra Levy and Laci Peterson mediathons, to contrast His Holiness's cortex with Ms. Schiavo's. A Culture of Death, Not Life The Office of Truth Enhansement Because Sometimes The Truth Is Not Enough The Office of Truth Enhansement Because Sometimes The Truth Is Not Enough (animation) Dubious doctor touted as Nobel Prize nominee by Hannity, Scarborough Fox News host Sean Hannity and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough both promoted Dr. William Hammesfahr's false claim that he is a Nobel Prize nominee. Dubious doctor touted as Nobel Prize nominee Media failed to identify conservative think tank that laundered DeLay travel money News reports on recent revelations that gambling interests funded a lavish, expense-paid trip to Britain by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) and his wife by funneling the money through a tax-exempt organization, the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), have consistently failed to note that NCPPR is a conservative think tank. Media failed to identify conservative think tank that laundered DeLay travel money Why is ABC News ignoring DeLay ethics story? As of this post, ABC News is the only one of the three network news outlets not to have reported on recent revelations that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) accepted lavish, all-expense-paid trips to South Korea and Britain, apparently in violation of House rules forbidding members from accepting travel expenses from registered lobbyists. Why is ABC News ignoring DeLay ethics story? Fox News whitewashes another Republican front group In a story on conservative efforts to win support for President Bush's proposal to partially privatize Social Security, Fox News chief Washington correspondent Jim Angle identified Progress for America (PFA), a conservative lobbying organization with strong Republican ties, as simply "an outside group." PFA, which has launched a $20 million campaign in support of Bush's Social Security plan, is regularly identified as "pro-Bush" or "conservative" on other news outlets. Fox has recently provided similar cover for another pro-privatization Republican front group, USA Next. Fox News whitewashes another Republican front group CBS Offers Misleading Pro-Privatization Predictions CBS Evening News has presented two segments in recent weeks (2/9/05, 3/4/05) that purport to show how typical American workers would fare under George W. Bush's plan to privatize Social Security. But the segments rely on stock market projections that, if true, would make any "crisis" in Social Security almost impossible. CBS Offers Misleading Pro-Privatization Predictions NPR, media quoted "think tank" without noting industry, GOP ties During a March 3 report on Sen. Edward Kennedy's (D-MA) proposal to increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, Kathleen Schalch, national desk reporter for National Public Radio, made NPR the latest news outlet not to identify the Employment Policies Institute (EPI), an opponent of raising the minimum wage, as an industry-funded think tank with Republican ties. NPR, media quoted "think tank" without noting industry, GOP ties Senators to Introduce 'Stop Government Propaganda Act' Senators to Introduce 'Stop Government Propaganda Act' Limbaugh: "We don't retract anything we do here because we never lie and make things up on this program" And here are some examples of misstatements, lies, and distortions from The Rush Limbaugh Show: Limbaugh: "We don't retract anything we do here because we never lie and make things up on this program" Olbermann revealed O'Reilly's "resume padding" in Super Bowl program essay But Mr. O'Reilly has done a little spinning of his own here. Others might call it resume padding. The football office at Marist told me today that football was not a varsity sport there until 1978 -- seven years after O'Reilly graduated. When he played, it was a so-called club sport where players paid all their own expenses, and schedules and, most importantly, statistical record keeping were haphazard. O'Reilly's "resume padding" in Super Bowl program Hannity acknowledged he "probably should have" disclosed ties to Dem-bashing guest FOX News host Sean Hannity acknowledged that he "probably should have" told his viewers that he sits on the advisory board of frequent Hannity & Colmes guest Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson's Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny (BOND). Co-host Sean Hannity defended Peterson against criticism from the other guest, Ron Daniels of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Hannity acknowledged he "probably should have" disclosed ties to Dem-bashing guest Bill O'Reilly can now claim the title: 2004 Misinformer of the Year. MISINFORMER OF THE YEAR The Paris Business Review Although some in the media have disputed the statistics (and the existence) of The Paris Business Review, our data analysis demonstrates without question that the united American refusal to say "cheese" when smiling for snapshots has had a significant impact on the French economy. The Paris Business Review Fox Viewers Less Informed Heavy viewers of the Fox News Channel are nearly four times as likely to hold demonstrably untrue positions about the war in Iraq as media con-sumers who rely on National Public Radio or the Public Broadcasting System, according to a study released this week by a research center affiliated with the University of Maryland’s School of Public Affairs. Fox Viewers Less Informed FOX NEWS: Email Addresses and Phone Numbers Let FOX know how you feel about their propoganda organization attacking our democracy. Contact FOX NEWS: Email Addresses and Phone Numbers Who Runs Fox News Channel? (video) Iowa Youth Pastor Touted by Bush Accused of Sex Abuse More evidence of the actual face value of evangelical morals so beloved by Our Leader. The corporate news as usual is not reporting this item with the backstory (as usual) Iowa Youth Pastor Touted by Bush Accused of Sex Abuse CBS, NBC refuse to air church's television advertisement The CBS and NBC television networks are refusing to run a 30-second television ad from the United Church of Christ because its all-inclusive welcome has been deemed "too controversial." The ad, part of the denomination's new, broad identity campaign set to begin airing nationwide on Dec. 1, states that -- like Jesus -- the United Church of Christ seeks to welcome all people, regardless of ability, age, race, economic circumstance or sexual orientation. CBS, NBC refuse to air church's television advertisement Top Stories Ignored By U.S. Media Support Human Need Not Corporate Greed Greed Tour Handout Media WatchdogsMedia Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media. Media Matters For AmericaFairness and Accuracy In Reporting What is wrong with the media? Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting Consortium News: Archive Media Crisis ConsortiumNews.Com Media Watch Challenging sexism, racism and violence in the media through education and action. Media Watch NEWSWATCH.org views on the news NEWSWATCH.org National Coalition Against Censorship NCAC The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), founded in 1974, is an alliance of 50 national non-profit organizations, including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups. United by a conviction that freedom of thought, inquiry, and expression must be defended, we work to educate our own members and the public at large about the dangers of censorship and how to oppose them. National Coalition Against Censorship NCAC Online NewsHour: MediaWatch The website of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Online NewsHour: MediaWatch Center For Media and Democracy The Center for Media and Democracy is a nonprofit organization that works to strengthen democracy by promoting media that are "of, by and for the people" - genuinely informative and broadly participatory - and by removing the barriers and distortions of the modern information environment that stem from government- or corporate-dominated, hierarchical media. Center For Media and Democracy Committee To Protect Journalists The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1981. We promote press freedom worldwide by defending the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal. Committee To Protect Journalists Media Watchdog Reviews and Analyses a collection of links to organizations and individuals engaged in monitoring the media, and student-authored analyses of these monitors. Clicking on the name of the media monitor will take you to the student critique, and the URL will take you to the site itself. Media Watchdog Reviews and Analyses Consortium News: Archive Media Crisis ConsortiumNews.Com Media now mum on Rice's apparent falsehoods In The New York Times' large-scale investigation of the intelligence regarding Iraq's purchase of aluminum tubes, the paper reported on October 3, 2004, that Rice had misrepresented the state of intelligence on the tubes. Media now mum on Rice's apparent falsehoods Urge the FCC to put the public first (video) Think Again: The Return of the Fox-like FCC As part of the overall conservative deregulatory agenda, USA Today recently reported that Powell and company will likely attempt to overturn the defeat they were handed in June 2004 when plans to relax cross-ownership rules that barred media companies from owning newspapers and television stations in the same market were declared unconstitutional. Think Again: The Return of the Fox-like FCC Sinclair's News Central provides steady diet of pro-Bush, anti-progressive news items. Sinclair's News Central Media complicit in spreading false GOP smear of district attorney investigating DeLay Media complicit US voters 'going online for news' Nearly half of Americans online have used the web to get information about the US presidential election. That is double the number who used the net during the 2000 campaign according to research group, the Pew Internet and American Life Project. US voters 'going online for news' Reporters Without Borders check media freedom Paris - The United States ranked 22nd alongside Belgium and behind countries including Bosnia, France and Trinidad and Tobago on a media freedom index released this week by Reporters Without Borders. Reporters Without Borders check media freedom Polls Suggest Media Failure in Pre-War Coverage How much did press coverage (or lack of coverage) contribute to the public backing for a pre-emptive invasion without the support of the United Nations? Polls Suggest Media Failure in Pre-War Coverage The Great Media Breakdown The press admits it fell for the administration's line on weapons of mass destruction. But the media's failure goes far beyond Iraq. The Great Media Breakdown Polls Suggest Media Failure in Pre-War Coverage How much did press coverage (or lack of coverage) contribute to the public backing for a pre-emptive invasion without the support of the United Nations? Polls Suggest Media Failure in Pre-War Coverage Hey O'Reilly Shut Up!Media Maters For America: Bill O'Reilly — Search Results: 172 items Media Matters For AmericaThe Lies of Bill O'Reilly Cataloging Bill O'Reilly's lies since 2004. A collection of Over/Spun media related to Bill O'Reilly's dishonesty The Lies of Bill O'Reilly Bill O'Reilly Liar, Still O'Reilly exposed one more time from the CBC Fifth Estate from an April 27th debate with columnist Heather Mallick of the Toronto Globe and Mail. Bill O'Reilly Liar, Still O'Reilly Hit With Sex Harass Suit Female Fox coworker details lewd behavior of cable TV star. O'Reilly Hit With Sex Harass Suit Bill O'Reilly Wants You To Shut Up Also, Al Franken, Tom Daschle, Jimmy Carter, Rosie O'Donnell, gay people who talk about their sexual orientation, atheist Scouts, peaceniks, both parties … Bill O'Reilly Wants You To Shut Up |
