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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
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I thought this Facebook post by Rick Johnson (Aug 22) was an interesting take on the root of the problem:
America's culture war is fueled by syndicated AM radio that isn't accountable to anyone. In the 80s the FCC abolished the U.S. Fairness Doctrine, which required stations to give equal time whenever a questionable editorial was broadcast. The Communications Act of 1996 did away with the old concentration of ownership rules, allowing a handful of companies to buy stations across the United States and put the same narrow point of view on all of them. They especially concentrated on clear channel stations, which is why people in rural America almost blindly follow their agenda. Canada would do well to avoid making the same mistakes we witnessed south of the border.