We Need a New Fairness Doctrine

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader

Government, News

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Ralph welcomes back MIT professor, Nicholas Ashford, who to stem the tide of lies and misinformation amplified by broadcast media, pitches a new Fairness Doctrine for the 21^st Century. And we are also joined by Professor Lonnie T. Brown and documentary filmmaker, Joseph Stillman, who pay tribute to the memory of the late Ramsey Clark.

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0:00.0	It's the Ralph Nader radio hour.
0:05.3	Stand up, stand up, you've been sitting way too long.
0:10.0	Welcome to the Ralph Nader radio hour.
0:15.4	My name is Steve Scroban, along with my co-host, David Feldman.
0:18.4	Hello, David.
0:19.4	Hello, Steve.
0:21.2	And the man in the hour, Ralph Nader, hello Ralph.
0:23.4	All right.
0:24.4	We've got a great show today.
0:26.2	I want to start off by kind of setting the predicate, as Ralph is
0:30.2	fond of saying, in 1947, the Federal Communications Commission,
0:34.6	the FCC, required licensed radio and television broadcasters
0:39.8	to present fair and balanced coverage of controversial issues
0:43.8	of interest to their communities, including
0:45.9	by granting equal air time to opposing candidates
0:49.1	for public office.
0:50.4	This policy was known as the Fair and his doctor
0:52.6	and lasted for 40 years until it was rescinded
0:56.1	at the end of the Reagan administration in 1987.
0:59.0	This lets the proliferation and domination of the radio waves
1:02.3	by right-wing talkers, such as the late Rush Limbaugh.
1:05.5	Today, social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube
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