A coalition of more than 30 organizations argue in a letter to the FCC that the Internet has made it harder for the public to separate the facts from bigotry masquerading as news.
The groups also charge that syndicated radio and cable television programs "masquerading as news" use hate as a profit model.
"As traditional media have become less diverse and less competitive, they have also grown less responsible and less responsive to the communities that they are supposed to serve," the organizations wrote to the FCC. "In this same atmosphere hate speech thrives, as hate has developed as a profit-model for syndicated radio and cable television program masquerading as 'news.'"
The organizations, which include Free Press, the Center for Media Justice, the Benton Foundation and Media Alliance, also argue that the anonymity of the Web gives ammunition to those that would spread hate.
The groups did not mention any specific programming on the right or the left in their letter, which supports a petition filed by the National Hispanic Media Coalition last year requesting a probe of the relationship between hate speech and hate crimes.
The groups argue the Internet has made it harder for the public to separate the facts from bigotry masquerading as news.
[See? Neanderthals like us just can't tell the difference. That's why we need the 'Smart Ones' to protect us. I'm so grateful, aren't you?-- Editor]More
6 comments:
Hitler rises from the dead I hope people who usually vote democrat are seeing this administration for what it is after all they were lied too as well .
FCC has been doing it for year. Whatever party is in power wants to silent another party's mouthpiece.
Republican party and FCC has tried to silence Howard Stern for years.
11:03 not true at all the MSM is all left wing progressives all the right has is talk radio and the NAZI left want stop free speech.
This is their next logical move. Communists need state run media. Newspapers are becoming obsolete and they pretty much have it covered on TV, so the internet and radio are their last obstacles.
howard is a different animal. this is coming from a marxist whitehouse. they are having trouble convincing all of the people all of the time. hence total control. you know; like hugo chavez in venezuala.
They know the people are beginning to wake up to the NWO plans including overtaxation, property siezures, spying, etc.
Now they want a way to attack us if we publicize what we have learned. They are trying to prevent us from awakening others!
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