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Ocelot II

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18. The FCC's regulation of cable TV is limited to rate charges,

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #15)

Thu Jul 21, 2022, 05:30 PM

Jul 2022

labeling of and advertising in children's programming, equal time and charges for paid political campaign advertising, and various technical matters. Otherwise it does not regulate cable tv programs' content, and the Fairness Doctrine, when it was in effect, only applied to broadcast licenses, not cable TV.

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Any good law firms out there that are willing to sue fox propaganda [View all] Beachnutt Jul 2022 OP

No good law firm would touch that one. Ocelot II Jul 2022 #1

In a really civilized country Fox would not exist. Other countries have kicked them out. RKP5637 Jul 2022 #2

☝️100% agree Beachnutt Jul 2022 #3

Do you have a problem with free speech? Ocelot II Jul 2022 #5

Was about to ask the same thing n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2022 #6

Yes, in certain cases it should be shut down. At minimal, bring back the Fairness Doctrine. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2022 #8

Who gets to decide SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2022 #9

Check this out, FCC fairness doctrine RKP5637 Jul 2022 #14

The fairness doctrine only applied to broadcast waves, not cable. Elessar Zappa Jul 2022 #16

Yes, quite true, it would need to be revised to be current. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2022 #19

Wouldn't apply to cable SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2022 #17

Yes, quite true, it would need to be revised to be current. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2022 #20

And you realize that under your plan SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2022 #23

I don't have a plan. I am saying they should be held accountable, for example, for false RKP5637 Jul 2022 #24

Free speech SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2022 #25

What speech do you think Тяцмp's DOJ would have gone after? n/t Whiskeytide Jul 2022 #11

Check this out, FCC fairness doctrine RKP5637 Jul 2022 #15

The FCC's regulation of cable TV is limited to rate charges, Ocelot II Jul 2022 #18

Yes, quite true, it would need to be revised to be current. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2022 #21

No Zeitghost Jul 2022 #4

No, because there's no legal basis for a suit. brooklynite Jul 2022 #7

I'm always surprised SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2022 #10

Me, too. I guess it's OK to take an authoritarian attitude toward speech Ocelot II Jul 2022 #12

Me too... Beachnutt Jul 2022 #22

Free speech. Elessar Zappa Jul 2022 #13