"An Idle and Most False Imposition"; The Shakespeare Authorship Question - Part Four: "The Truth Will Out."

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In the final installment of my weekly series on the Shakespeare authorship question, accept the burden of proof that anti-Stratfordians refuse to meet and present the case that Shakespeare, after all, did indeed write Shakespeare. Direct all advertising inquiries to [email protected]. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found! And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Some music on this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of this episodes publication. Tracks include "Cicle DR Valga," "Delicates," "The Cornice," "Invernen," and "The Gran Dias." Other music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," "daedalus," and "daemones" are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.3	Hey, history fans. If you enjoy shows like historical blindness, then you'll love Airwave
0:09.2	History Plus, now available on Apple Podcasts. Airwave History Plus is your ticket to
0:13.9	ad-free listening to historical blindness plus bonus content in early episodes from dozens of
0:18.9	the most popular history shows, including History
0:21.3	That Doesn't Suck, The Explorers Podcast, Redacted History, The Box of Oddities, History of Everything,
0:27.8	Queen's podcast, the history of World War II, The Age of Napoleon, and more. To get your free
0:33.2	seven-day trial, go to the Apple page for historical blindness and hit subscribe or search Airwave
0:38.5	History Plus on Apple Podcasts. Airwave History Plus, the essential audio destination for history
0:44.5	lovers.
0:50.4	In 1949, because of disputes over the editorialization of radio news broadcasters during the previous decade,
1:00.0	the FCC established a policy called the Fairness Doctrine,
1:05.0	which would require licensed broadcasters to devote airtime to opposing views on controversial issues important to the public.
1:14.6	While this may sound positive, it's somewhat more complicated than it may appear at first blush.
1:22.6	The policy was widely used in the 1960s to silence political speech.
1:28.9	As complaints to the FCC about rural broadcasters who could not afford to provide airtime
1:35.3	to those espousing counterpoints led in a lot of cases to a general chilling effect on free speech.
1:42.8	But when it was repealed, the country saw a surge in biased political
1:47.7	speech and misinformation. This was the era in which Rush Limbaugh became a sensation,
1:54.4	mostly because the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine allowed his very one-sided program to go national. Limbaugh called any subsequent legislation
2:04.3	to reinstate the fairness doctrine, hush-rush bills. Today, in an age of biased and unreliable news sources,
2:12.9	pushing conspiracy theory and misinformation, there have been further efforts to reinstate the Fairness
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