Can the world be Fixed?

[arthwollipot]

I could cite the Reagan administration's 1987 repeal of the Fairness Doctrine, which practically overnight transformed the news from a public service into a for-profit business.

 

[theprestige]

I could cite the Reagan administration's 1987 repeal of the Fairness Doctrine, which practically overnight transformed the news from a public service into a for-profit business.

The news media was always a for-profit business.

 

[The Atheist]

The news media was always a for-profit business.

Does someone pay you to make false statements or is it just for the lulz?

 

[theprestige]

Does someone pay you to make false statements or is it just for the lulz?

You seem to have clicked reply on my post, instead of arth's.

 

[arthwollipot]

The news media was always a for-profit business.

No, it wasn't. Though I can understand why someone without a good grasp of history might think it was.

 

[theprestige]

No, it wasn't. Though I can understand why someone without a good grasp of history might think it was.

The news media you're referring to, that was affected by Reagan's policy, absolutely always was a for-profit business. The Fairness Doctrine itself might have been a public service, but the media it constrained never was, and was never intended to be.

 

[arthwollipot]

The Fairness Doctrine itself might have been a public service, but the media it constrained never was, and was never intended to be.

Okay, I see what you're obliquely trying to refer to here. Let me rephrase:

The repeal of the Fairness Doctrine turned news from a public service into for-profit partisan propaganda when it was no longer constrained.