Media Divided
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jazzy_daveI just listened to this BBC Radio 4 broadcast which was an eye-opener and quite frightening concerning how partisan broadcasting can divide civilization leading to civil war.
A Media Divided
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Michael Goldfarb looks at how eliminating a simple broadcast regulation in the United States, The Fairness Doctrine, led to the birth of right-wing talk radio, Fox News, political polarisation, and the rise of Donald Trump.
He explores whether the First Amendment, with its guarantees of free speech and a free press, can survive the polarisation fed and watered by unrestrained partisan "fake news".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000n6rr
Thankfully, our BBC is still impartial and unbiased in news reporting, analysis, and commentary.
A Media Divided
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Michael Goldfarb looks at how eliminating a simple broadcast regulation in the United States, The Fairness Doctrine, led to the birth of right-wing talk radio, Fox News, political polarisation, and the rise of Donald Trump.
He explores whether the First Amendment, with its guarantees of free speech and a free press, can survive the polarisation fed and watered by unrestrained partisan "fake news".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000n6rr
Thankfully, our BBC is still impartial and unbiased in news reporting, analysis, and commentary.
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