i'm curious of what the libertarian, neocon and liberal stance is on the issue of corrupt media. we know (or at least most of us do) that government controlled media is unacceptable. so what have you to say to the FCC regulations that currently limit (i think so at least) corporations from owning a 2 different media types (newspapers, radio, etc.) I'd be lying if i said i knew much about this subject, so what is your opinion on how to encourage good reporting through the free market?
First of all you need to keep the media ownership as fragmented as possible. Then you need to enforce giving equal time to all viewpoints and all candidates when it comes to politics otherwise you end up having the kind of heavily polarised media like you now have in the US.
if we give equal time to all thoughts and viewpoints, one episode or show could go on indefinitely.. "why didn't they use my viewpoint of beating dogs is the reason we were attacked on 9/11?!" there's not enough room for the government to put its foot down on what is fair and what is not imo. that's where corruption sets in. but i agree with the fragmented part
but do you think not allowing some candidates in debates is better? Is that fair to the public? Why should the media decide who's electable or not? Why should the media decide what candidate is worthy of being elected and who isn't? Why should the media decide which policyes are good and which aren't? I'm not saying every single view point should be presented because that's obviously impossible, but viewpoints or candidates with significant support (I say even 5% is significant support) should be presented. There's also the problem of news. News should consist strictly of presenting facts, not one's interpretation of certain facts or events or whatever. Those are opinions and should be presented accordingly
yea. i think there needs to be many news companies so the consumer can pick the best one. but unfortunately people aren't smart enough to pick a station based on its fairness. they just take whatever is given to them and they think it's true. newscorp owns everything, so what can be done about that?
there will never be a "best company". Everything has it's flawes. And there will never be such a thing as complete fairness in media. It's human nature to have biases one way or another. That's why the media should be forced to also present different point of views when it comes to politics, otherwise they can just become propaganda machines for one group or another