Until the FCC was pressured to remove the fairness doctrine, there was no on the air vitriol as we've heard with talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh and Randi Rhodes. In fact Limbaugh's show didn't take off until after it was removed. Additional a corollary rule called the personal attack rule could have stopped the latest Limbaugh bs very quickly. From Wikipedia ----------- Two corollary rules of the doctrine, the personal attack rule and the "political editorial" rule, remained in practice until 2000. The "personal attack" rule applied whenever a person (or small group) was subject to a personal attack during a broadcast. Stations had to notify such persons (or groups) within a week of the attack, send them transcripts of what was said and offer the opportunity to respond on-the-air. -----------
Can you imagine the debate that would have taken place on Limbaugh's show if that rule was still in effect? I suspect that in the end Ms. Fluke would have ripped Limbaugh a new one. In other words it would have been similar to attacking a beached whale. On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think people also used to be less free with their vitriol. There used to > be such a thing as being a lady or a gentleman. There also used to be such > things as insinuation, inuendo and metaphor. Now-a-days people just come > out and say insulting things using the most direct and simple language > possible. Sad really. > > > > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 1:35 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > > >> > > Are the days over when normal people could look at the words of a moron >> > and >> > > say "well, that's because he's a moron", and then just move on? >> > > >> > >> > What days are you referring to? I don't ever recall a time when radio or >> > television personalities behaved that way and it was ok. Mind you, I'm >> not >> > a total US pop culture buff. >> > >> >> Good point. You know, it was probably the days before the internet. People >> have probably always been offended...we just never heard about it. >> >> So let me amend: Can we go back to the days where everyone gets offended as >> they see fit, but they keep it to themselves? >> >> -- >> All will be well >> You can ask me how >> But only time will tell >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348336 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
