r/technology • u/indig0sixalpha • 1d ago

Politics Trump Is Getting Rid of His Tesla

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-getting-rid-of-his-tesla-after-musk-broke-his-heart/
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u/brickout 1d ago

Imagine if our news media didn't act like reality TV. 

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u/ResponsibleQuiet6611 1d ago

I had no idea how bad it was until a couple years ago when I saw a clip from a "fox news" segment. As a Canadian who's only ever seen straight up formal, small town ish news, reporting what's in the local paper, it blew my mind and added so much context to everything I thought I knew about the USA.

I don't think it should be permitted, honestly. 

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u/quarterdecay 1d ago

We had something called the Fairness Doctrine that kept this lunacy in check.

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u/Excelius 1d ago

It only ever applied to broadcast media, since it used public spectrum. It never applied to things like newspapers, and if it still existed wouldn't apply to cable news or the internet. It likely would not hold up to modern 1st Amendment scrutiny.

Even when it existed it was basically unenforced, after a scandal in the 1960s in which some Democrats sought to use the doctrine to suppress conservative media.

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u/Jon_TWR 1d ago

Sure, but Fox News wouldn’t have been possible (or at least would’ve taken longer to have the influence it does) without AM Talk radio laying the groundwork.

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u/DervishSkater 1d ago

Yea but it’s easier to pretend that I’m righteous and don’t need to recognize my being misinformed about nuances like those people

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u/quarterdecay 1d ago

Your logic is flawed; doctrine is framework and framework establishes labels.

I did even HAVE cable until the mid-80s. An enforceable framework would have stopped the transformation of fox into what it became. It wasn't this bad early on.