From Wikipedia:
>The fairness doctrine of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, was a policy that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that fairly reflected differing viewpoints. **In 1987**, the FCC abolished the fairness doctrine.
I read about a recent study that said people don't necessarily care if a news item is true, they only care if they believe it COULD be true.
I think about that a lot these days.
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Everyone complaining about this isn't paying attention. It's always been like this. We're just more plugged in than ever. Stop paying attention to it so much and just make whatever decision Captain Picard would make.
From Wikipedia: >The fairness doctrine of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, was a policy that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that fairly reflected differing viewpoints. **In 1987**, the FCC abolished the fairness doctrine.
Amazing how people believe that this statement is false Or at least refused to believe it when a particular President said it was a thing
Why I hate George Bush Sr.:
I always love the way Watterson portrays tv, literally jumping into the air because whatever is being played on it is so loud and obnoxious.
Calvin and Hobbes nailed it even more accurately over time
r/agedlikewine
I read about a recent study that said people don't necessarily care if a news item is true, they only care if they believe it COULD be true. I think about that a lot these days.
I love how Watterson’s tvs always seem to be screaming
The average tv viewer has the mental age of a 6 yr old cartoon boy, sans the wit or inventiveness.
Sooo true.
Underrated post. 🥇
I am saving this for the next time I’m in an argument on attention spans decreasing (they’re not btw).
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Timely
Check out the movie Network with Albert Finney.
Recency bias is a bigger problem than it used to be
Everyone complaining about this isn't paying attention. It's always been like this. We're just more plugged in than ever. Stop paying attention to it so much and just make whatever decision Captain Picard would make.
Also : https://i.imgur.com/9lEcRBX.jpg
He's watching Fox News. They often lie and say what they think their audience wants to hear.
Calvin's dad would never, not because he isn't the perfect demographic, but because he's too curmudgeonly to get cable.