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Buckeye_Democrat

(14,847 posts)
8. Truth question.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 12:45 PM
Aug 2016

"Should the American electorate have to put up with purposeful distortions of reality designed to deprive voters of the truth?"

I wish it wasn't the case, but we've had AM talk radio and FOX News for years.

I honestly wouldn't care so much about the right-wing attack machine EXCEPT for their frequent dishonesty! When people make appeals for the return of "The Fairness Doctrine" in our media, I'd argue that we more need of an "Accuracy Doctrine." Of course, it's then a debate of who decides what's inaccurate, what's an intentional falsehood, etc.. Ugh, it saddens me. I suppose that better education is the best counter-attack.

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