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Re:China proposes prohibiting private investment in news ser... by nradov on Saturday October 09, 2021 @03:25PM (#28812496)
The Fairness Doctrine only ever applied to broadcast TV and radio because spectrum was a limited resource. It never applied to cable, satellite, or online services. Those were never really deregulated because they were hardly regulated in the first place.
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Re:China proposes prohibiting private investment in news ser... by dillondoyle on Saturday October 09, 2021 @04:40PM (#28813094)
Makes sense. Broadcast is a shell of what it was in viewership. Interestingly it seems Republicans might be the ones pushing government intervention on those new platforms (FB) since they feel censored.
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