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Old 01-09-2017, 12:00 PM   #4404
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Originally Posted by New Era View Post
Media literacy is where to begin. This needs to be taught at all levels of education. The ones that watch Fox news are already lost. Fortunately that set is dying out quickly. If you really want to reach them, you need to make it law that media must present the facts and start telling the truth again. They must present balance. Basically reinstate the Fairness Doctrine and then entrench it in law. Tie it to the 1st amendment and protect it as sacred in the function of our democracy.
This sounds a little, umm, dangerous. Like the government dictating the news and what the "truth" is. Sort of a "you are allowed to say whatever you want, as long as you say what we tell you" kind of a deal.

I'm no fan of Fox News or the right wing (or left wing) bull$hit machines, but the gubmint shouldn't be in the business of deciding "truth".
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