Joe Ferguson forever Posted September 24 Posted September 24 (edited) 1 hour ago, SCBills said: supposed to have equal airtime for both sides. is there a law that says this? serious question. Edited September 24 by Joe Ferguson forever
JDHillFan Posted September 24 Posted September 24 3 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: is there a law that says this? serious question. https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/equal-time-rule/
boyst Posted September 24 Posted September 24 7 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: is there a law that says this? serious question. Yes in fact it was invoked last election. Harris went on a late show against network advisement and warnings. Trump successfully was due equal time by the network. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-11-04/trump-campaign-gets-equal-time-from-nbc-after-harris-snl-appearance Surprised this isn't common knowledge but to a leftist it's something blinding. The common media favors the left.
SCBills Posted September 24 Posted September 24 18 minutes ago, Andy1 said: It really doesn’t matter. MAGA and Republicans have Fox with 24 hour programming echoing the voice of Trump. Twitter and its algorithm are run by a member of Trumps administration. The are other conservative networks, pods and radio. There is no lack of media pushing the MAGA message. Networks can run whatever they want. Watch or don’t, but government shouldn’t interfere. Networks can, but blatant partisan bias is in the scope of the FCC and was not how these networks were intended to be used. Cable, podcasts etc., obviously a different story.
boyst Posted September 24 Posted September 24 19 minutes ago, Andy1 said: It really doesn’t matter. MAGA and Republicans have Fox with 24 hour programming echoing the voice of Trump. Twitter and its algorithm are run by a member of Trumps administration. The are other conservative networks, pods and radio. There is no lack of media pushing the MAGA message. Networks can run whatever they want. Watch or don’t, but government shouldn’t interfere. Left-wing media has time and time again failed. There isn't a consumer for this product. Rush Limbaugh first exposed this in the 90s when no other platform could be leveraged against him. His argument was that almost all media is already left Center, from NPR to the common news. This shift began in Vietnam when Cronkite and others in about face on the war. This is one of the turning points in national History that pushed left. It opened up the voice to the minority leftist empowering them to speak up. Since then however there have been no true threats on the left right wing media. From Ben Shapiro to Fox News the right has done considerably better in there product than the left. Of course many leftist failed to realize that msnbc, cnn, nbc, cbs, abc, ESPN, PBS,npr, Telemundo, and more are all left wing and Democratic driven. 3 minutes ago, SCBills said: Networks can, but blatant partisan bias is in the scope of the FCC and was not how these networks were intended to be used. Cable, podcasts etc., obviously a different story. Also, the young kids especially do not understand how the FCC does not regulate non-broadcast channels. As crazy as it is the government owned the airwaves therefore what is broadcast on government airwaves through a broadcast dish of NBC Cbs Fox ABC and others is regulated by the government and must serve a purpose to the greater country as a whole without individual catering to one party, one demographic, one group. Fox News can exist because it is on the spectrum of pay-per-view, a private contract between the broadcaster and the recipient therefore those terms are negotiable and not subject to government interference 1
JDHillFan Posted September 24 Posted September 24 12 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said: Stelter ever being hired for a tv gig will always be one of life’s greatest mysteries. 1
Andy1 Posted September 24 Posted September 24 15 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said: This is just him voicing his opinion. You may not agree, but nothing wrong here. It is not the President or government influencing a network as with Kimmel.
BillsFanNC Posted September 24 Posted September 24 if we use the cesspool of PPP as a barometer, no, we can't even get any of them to acknowledge it at all. Shocking.
The Frankish Reich Posted September 24 Posted September 24 4 hours ago, Roundybout said: Reminder that Trump is ABSOLUTELY pushing to end Kimmel and anyone he doesn’t like on television. See what I told @B-Man about spouting off BEFORE Trump delivers his official talking points? So much for the "what MAGA censorship, he went off the air for all of 4 shows" theory ... 1
The Frankish Reich Posted September 24 Posted September 24 46 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: is there a law that says this? serious question. You're really not talking about the "Equal Time" rule, which is still there. It is why one of the networks ( forget which one) had to give Trump a 30 minute spot after they did a Kamala interview. It applies to political candidates. You are talking about the Fairness Doctrine, which went away in the 1980s. It was the one that required over-the-air broadcasters to give an opportunity to opposing viewpoints when they aired political programming advancing a certain viewpoint. The repeal of the Fairness Doctrine begat talk radio of the Rush Limbaugh type. Hey, maybe Republicans want to bring that back? They used to hate the Fairness Doctrine. It's hard to keep track anymore. 2
The Frankish Reich Posted September 24 Posted September 24 1 hour ago, Andy1 said: It really doesn’t matter. MAGA and Republicans have Fox with 24 hour programming echoing the voice of Trump. Twitter and its algorithm are run by a member of Trumps administration. The are other conservative networks, pods and radio. There is no lack of media pushing the MAGA message. Networks can run whatever they want. Watch or don’t, but government shouldn’t interfere. All of this is antiquated. Yes, there are rules for over-the-air broadcasters requiring them to operate "in the public interest." Cable new, internet news, social media news, streamer news/entertainment? All of that is exempt. What percentage of people get their TV over-the-air with an HDTV antenna? The best info I can find is about 20%. And many of those may have over-the-air in addition to streamers or other sources of news/infotainment. In other words, this idea that over-the-air needs to be regulated is based on a pre-cable (much less pre-streamer) world. I've wondered why the ABCs and NBCs of the world don't just say "to hell with over-the-air, we're going 100% streaming." That's probably what we'll see if the regulators make life more and more difficult. 1 1
JDHillFan Posted September 24 Posted September 24 9 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: You're really not talking about the "Equal Time" rule, which is still there. It is why one of the networks ( forget which one) had to give Trump a 30 minute spot after they did a Kamala interview. It applies to political candidates. You nailed it - if we were on another planet. You got virtually nothing right here. Reminiscent of your Canadian Mennonite claims. Kamala was on SNL, not an interview. Her time on screen was roughy 90 seconds. NBC gave Trump two one-minute spots during a NASCAR race for equal time. Other than that, you crushed it! 🤦🏻🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♀️
The Frankish Reich Posted September 24 Posted September 24 1 minute ago, JDHillFan said: You nailed it - if we were on another planet. You got virtually nothing right here. Reminiscent of your Canadian Mennonite claims. Kamala was on SNL, not an interview. Her time on screen was roughy 90 seconds. NBC gave Trump two one-minute spots during a NASCAR race for equal time. Other than that, you crushed it! 🤦🏻🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♀️ I'm sorry, I'm not like you, I don't file away every perceived slight in the recesses of my brain. Whatever. It was a fairness doctrine claim. Which was kind of my point. 1
JDHillFan Posted September 24 Posted September 24 Just now, The Frankish Reich said: I'm sorry, I'm not like you, I don't file away every perceived slight in the recesses of my brain. Whatever. It was a fairness doctrine claim. Which was kind of my point. Understood. Here’s the minor problem/non-problem - you like to pose as a know-it-all. Someone as dimwitted as Redhawk will take what you say and run with it. That’s a lot of responsibility on your shoulders. Please try harder to be accurate. Takes like this and “Karen Bass has only been the mayor a few weeks” help no one. Misinformation is a scourge!
Joe Ferguson forever Posted September 24 Posted September 24 24 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: All of this is antiquated. Yes, there are rules for over-the-air broadcasters requiring them to operate "in the public interest." Cable new, internet news, social media news, streamer news/entertainment? All of that is exempt. What percentage of people get their TV over-the-air with an HDTV antenna? The best info I can find is about 20%. And many of those may have over-the-air in addition to streamers or other sources of news/infotainment. In other words, this idea that over-the-air needs to be regulated is based on a pre-cable (much less pre-streamer) world. I've wondered why the ABCs and NBCs of the world don't just say "to hell with over-the-air, we're going 100% streaming." That's probably what we'll see if the regulators make life more and more difficult. That seems the obvious path for the networks. I doubt the OTA viewers are the heavy consumers they want to target with ads. But if a president wants to squelch their speech with threats, he still can. Streaming is under the jurisdiction of the FCC, right? As an aside, it doesn't make sense to me why Sinclair and similar companies are worth as much as they are said to.
4th&long Posted September 24 Author Posted September 24 43 minutes ago, JDHillFan said: You nailed it - if we were on another planet. You got virtually nothing right here. Reminiscent of your Canadian Mennonite claims. Kamala was on SNL, not an interview. Her time on screen was roughy 90 seconds. NBC gave Trump two one-minute spots during a NASCAR race for equal time. Other than that, you crushed it! 🤦🏻🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♀️ You didn't. You guys have all been wrong. Maga comes on here frothing at the mouth and they don't even know what the ***** they are talking about!
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted September 24 Posted September 24 1 hour ago, BillsFanNC said: I am furious about this. And don't call me Shirley. 1 1
Wolfgang Posted September 24 Posted September 24 15 minutes ago, 4th&long said: You didn't. You guys have all been wrong. Maga comes on here frothing at the mouth and they don't even know what the ***** they are talking about!
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