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Cannonpointer » 22 Jan 2017 1:22 pm » wrote:Tell us how the rules were delegitimaized.

Tell us how the government was operating legitimately then, but would not be now, of they resumed enforcing standards of honesty and public benefit.
That's just your "confusion," son. You tried to reframe my positions and act confused. You're now pretending that government holding broadcasters to a standard was once legitimate and no longer is - but you will dance like a fiend before you give any reason why.

Notice he still refuses to post these standards he rants about.

First, as you forcibly learned, CNN is not subject to FCC licensing ru,es because they do not use the airwaves the government has set aside. That is a very important distinction, one cannon refuses to acknowledge. Remember they are paid for cable channel.

The most important reason is one you won't discuss either. Much, if not most of the country, were lucky to have one, never mind multiple sources of news, and later opinion. That was the reason not only for ownership rules, but also for the fairness doctrine. And both radio and later tv used those public airwaves the government of course could control it.

Nowadays there are multiple sources of news. The possibilities are endless and you know it. An individual has hundreds, if not thousands, of means of obtaining news. One is simply to change the channel. The other is online. So exactly what is the purpose for those rules, rules you won't name?