Nothing gonna get better in America until we completely obliterate the current media and pass laws preventing propaganda from being broadcast going forward.
A simple solution would be to outlaw all opinion panels on broadcast television. No one allowed on the news that expresses an opinion of any kind. A reporter reports events that took place. The end. A hurricane hit Florida today with winds at these speeds. The end. A politician won the race with this many votes. The end. Two were arrested and are being charged with assault. The end.
Violate this law? Heavy fine. 3 strikes within a year? Organization shut down.
The problem is right now we have those reporters who report what happened, then it’s followed up by 5 talking heads that lie/gaslight the audience into believing what they want them to believe. THAT shit needs to be outlawed.
I like where you’re going with this, I think it could be doable if there was a heavy focus on fact-checking.
I like not giving a platform for opinion on what is supposed to be a platform for news.
That being said I wouldn’t mind hearing opinions from people with qualifications on dedicated platforms for it. I really like the idea of separating that stuff though.
I agree. The problem is the blurring of new/opinion/propaganda.
We have Truth In Advertising laws, which prohibit a company from making false claims. Fox News has won multiple lawsuits by claiming they aren’t really a news program, they are an entertainment company. That’s fine, but then they shouldn’t be called “News.” A News program should be expected to adhere to accepted neutral journalistic standards, which FoxNews does not. If they want to call themselves FoxOpinion, or FoxConservative, or Fox Politics, etc., that’s fine, but they shouldn’t be allowed to present and promote themselves as news.
Nothing gonna get better in America until we completely obliterate the current media and pass laws preventing propaganda from being broadcast going forward.
How would one define propaganda to avoid these laws being abused?
A simple solution would be to outlaw all opinion panels on broadcast television. No one allowed on the news that expresses an opinion of any kind. A reporter reports events that took place. The end. A hurricane hit Florida today with winds at these speeds. The end. A politician won the race with this many votes. The end. Two were arrested and are being charged with assault. The end.
Violate this law? Heavy fine. 3 strikes within a year? Organization shut down.
The problem is right now we have those reporters who report what happened, then it’s followed up by 5 talking heads that lie/gaslight the audience into believing what they want them to believe. THAT shit needs to be outlawed.
I like where you’re going with this, I think it could be doable if there was a heavy focus on fact-checking.
I like not giving a platform for opinion on what is supposed to be a platform for news.
That being said I wouldn’t mind hearing opinions from people with qualifications on dedicated platforms for it. I really like the idea of separating that stuff though.
I agree. The problem is the blurring of new/opinion/propaganda.
We have Truth In Advertising laws, which prohibit a company from making false claims. Fox News has won multiple lawsuits by claiming they aren’t really a news program, they are an entertainment company. That’s fine, but then they shouldn’t be called “News.” A News program should be expected to adhere to accepted neutral journalistic standards, which FoxNews does not. If they want to call themselves FoxOpinion, or FoxConservative, or Fox Politics, etc., that’s fine, but they shouldn’t be allowed to present and promote themselves as news.
So another virtually impossible suggestion.