This is very strange for me to witness what I am seeing as the death of fairness - if this doctrine is made into law. When i was young, being raised by very opinionated and educated Democrats, I always thought we were fighting for the freedom of speech and the equality of opportunity for all people to use that freedom. I thought that, most of all, Democrats were for this.

Now I am sad to begin to find that this is NOT true. It seems to me that political parties are all the same controlling failure in the end, that even the Democrats would resort to censorship if it can be used to silence the opposite point of view.

how disappointing.

in the scenario that you presented, i believe that no, the person they are discriminating against should not be obligated to appear on the show. if they feel that they are not being represented enough, they should go start their own show.

Now, the real problem is that the media is not balanced. They should look further into who is controlling it, and nurse a more politically balanced media environment. I don’t know the name of the institution, but there is a body to look after that, similarly to how they look after illegal trusts.

The problem of unfair TV shows will solv itself if there were all directions. An unfair show would lose their viewers. If a show passes a certain line and is getting too nasty, it is subject to fines from yet another body. Just make those institutions work!

i think that if the media is not presenting something that is obscene or dangerous, the media should be able to say whatever it wants to say. it doesn’t matter what political party they are supporting. it doesn’t matter who they are representing or who they are discriminating against. just because we don’t like what they say doesn’t mean that we should be able to prevent them from speaking.

to me, the idea, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” (voltaire) should apply.

soy277, do you think that the majority of television is republican, democratic, or even?

What would you say if I told you that CNN had a panel talking about discrimination against a certain group in America? What if not a single person from that group was on that panel? What if the caption on the screen said, “Why do people from this group inspire such hatred?” What if one panel member said, “They need to just shut up.”?

Is that right? Or should they have allowed the people they were criticizing a chance to speak? Do you think that the people providing information to the American public should be allowed to say which groups should “shut up” as they put it?