At last, the media have been fully programmed ...

[kentuck]

For years we have seen the Repub pundits and talking heads interrupt and talk over their guests if they disagreed with them. If their guest is getting ready to say something enlightening or counter to the Administration line, the Repub mouthpieces have been programmed to interrupt at just the right moment to prevent the guest from making their point. They do it by interrupting or talking much louder than anyone else that might be on the show or the panel. Ann Coulter is a perfect example of this. Sean Hannity is another. They have never, never, permitted a person with an opposing viewpoint to make their point known. They may as well take out a roll of tape and tape over the guests' mouths.

And now, it has spread to what we once regarded as the mainstream media. Chris Matthews is the best example. Nobody can outshout this mouthpiece. When someone disagrees with his viewpoint, coincidentally usually the same as the Repub Administration, he simply shouts them down and goes to a different subject. Perhaps it all started with John McLaughlin?

Then, in the Democratic debate the other night, Judy Woodruff showed that she too was accomplished in this art of censoring the other viewpoints by interrupting the candidates at the very moment in their comments they were ready to make their salient points. It was intentional. Al Sharpton took her by surprise at one time and she was taken aback that she was called on her tactic. But this has become common practice throughout the media and is a problem that needs immediate repair. Where's the Fairness Doctrine?

[Lurking Dem]

1. kentuck?

You're WRONG!









Sorry. I couldn't resist! :silly:

[BJ]

2. It's been dead since 1987. r.i.p.

(-snip-)
"By 1985, the FCC issued its Fairness Report, asserting that the doctrine was no longer having its intended effect, might actually have a "chilling effect" and might be in violation of the First Amendment. In a 1987 case, Meredith Corp. v. FCC, the courts declared that the doctrine was not mandated by Congress and the FCC did not have to continue to enforce it. The FCC dissolved the doctrine in August of that year."
(-snip-)
Go here for the story of the "Fairness Doctrine."

[SoFlaJets]

3. Hitting the nail

directly on the head Kentuck.The Fairness doctrine is something that Clinton F-ed us over with.Why he signed on to it I'll never know.Ironically this is what helped do him in-non-stop everyday pounding on talkingpoints and subjects spewed by RW junkies and idealogues where "White House In Crisis" day 163..164..165 can sit at the bottom of a cable news chANNEL and a president can be impeached for getting a couple of bj's while THIS administartion can perpetrate a myth that takes us to war and young Americans die daily and is NOT being held accountable.Fairness shmairness.Randi Rhodes is trying her best to undo this travesty and the American public is slowly waking up(as long as they don't count on Fox for their news)

[Mikimouse]

5. Clinton signed onto it?

I have always believed that it was 'done in' by Raygun or *I?

[corarose]

7. Excussssssssssssse Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Raygun did away with the fairness doctrine.

[soupkitchen]

4. Fuck You, Shut Up and Let me talk.

Then we'll see a backlash of civility

[jmcgowanjm]

6. exactly soupkitchen

I saw AnnThrax Coulter lose it against
the Mole(Anderson360) a couple of days ago.
She had a disgusting look on her
face as the dialog ended.

I was ROTFLMAO.

Here's some media history
from TBRNews. Evidently there's
some moles in media
Controlling the News.  Part 19
http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg108149.html

[suegeo]

8. Sharpton, debate question

I tuned into the debate late, and was not able to catch the play-by-play on Demo U-ground later.

Just as I tuned in, Judy was yelling at Sharpton: "That was not the question. That's not what I meant."

Sharpton had just finished saying something like less than 50% voted in 2000, and Bush was not elected.

Anyway, what exactly happened between Judy and Sharpton? I feel like I missed something good. Thanks.

[eleny]

9. He painted her blue and threw her on the barn floor...

so to speak. I'm sure you can catch the replay on C-span. I think they have it for viewing on the net. So, catch it. He was his usual self - skillful and succint.

One thing that got to me this morning on Blitzer. He asked a Repub what he thought of the arguing. And the Repub commented negatively at how the Dems were going at each other. But that was the format CNN set up! Judy tried to pit them against each other. After Lieberman took the bait, Clark asserted that he would not go after his fellow Dems. Edwards and Mosley-Braun didn't take the bait, either.

I do have to admit that I liked it when Kucinich pointed out the differences between him and the rest. The gloves have to come of sooner or later. I just want to see a few of these people debate each other at a time. Maybe 3 at a time.

Btw, I'm a Clark supporter.