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The GOP hold on most of American radio seems pretty unshakable, but Democrats must get into the talk-radio game before ever more damage is done.

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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer 110 points 2 months ago (3 children)

There should be regulation around use of the word "news". Many of these stations call themselves "News Radio" as if they only reported verifiable facts, but well over 50% is opinion.

[–] Makeitstop 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Anything presented as news should be kept separate from opinion. If it's news, you should be able to defend it like it was said under oath.

Personally, I would love it if news channels had to distinguish opinion content from news by removing the word news from the screen and replacing it with the word opinion. That or some other clear and unmistakable signal to the audience should be there to establish whether the station is going on record and asserting facts or whether this is some talking head spewing bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's crazy that news papers have been doing this forever. You have your news section and opinion and editorial section. TV and radio should definitely follow the format and be clear about what they are presenting.

[–] MutilationWave 2 points 2 months ago

I mean News Corp lawyers testified in court that what is presented on Fox News is purely for entertainment and should not be considered news.

How many of the Fox Faithful know about that? And would anything change if they did?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Speaking of regulation, their hateful opinions getting such a far reach is a direct result of the telocommunications act of '96

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Whilst the act for which you speak definitely accelerated the bullshit, it wasn't peaches and cream back in the day. Just look at the film Citizen Kane a fictitious (and lawsuit resistant) depiction of William Randolph Hearst. In it an exceptionally wealthy business man uses the media to promote his political aims. And to skew narratives outside of strict politics. A man who craves love and adoration but can't reciprocate. Remind you of anyone? I would say Musk's purchase of Twitter fills at least one of those molds, Trump the rest.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

True and by way of conversation, Chinatown (1973) might as well have been made yesterday.

[–] Coach 4 points 2 months ago

The milk and meat industry lost their shit when soy milk companies started calling their product "milk." The same outrage should be spent on these "news" organizations.