That's because the Regan Appointed Supreme Court Justices voted to Repel the Fairness act for the media. That's when the media really started to show it's bias.
If not for this supreme court decision 5/4 we would not have FOX news at all. They would have to be fair and balance and they defiantly are not fair or balance right now.
We all have the freedom of speech but Speech directed to the masses over the air waves is controlled by the government or should I say MONOPOLIZED by the Rich.
Now if anyone or everyone could broadcast over the airwaves then we would have a better democracy. When only certain people have that privilege it creates problems in this county.
Mass Media via TV or Cable TV and Radio is too powerful to be a monopoly. That's the main problem with this country. It's why we are at war and nobody does anything about it. We didn't sit down for the Vietnam war because the media was force to be fair and to tell both sides of the story equally and to give equal time to both sides of the story. That's not longer being done thanks to the GOP appointed Supreme Court Justices appointed by Regan, and the Bush(s). Unless these conservative GOP judges die early we will be stuck with them for the next 50 years or more.
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The sad bit is that it wasn't always like that, PD. I mean they actually covered the Vietnam war in a negative light back in the day. Now you get those tacky "Heroes" features.
Hell, you can almost blame every bad turn in North American culture on the 80s.
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You're saying current news networks don't cover Iraq in a negative light? Some certainly do.
I'm not saying that any news channel carries the truth more than any other. They just market to different people. You can hear whatever news you prefer by changing the channel. The media as a responsible service doesn't exist anymore for the most part.
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