What you have in this country is a corporate owned media that expresses the views of the large corporations who own them and who advertise on them. We have plenty of outlets for views that favor the interests of the wealthy, but few outlets that express views that favor the interests of the poor. What we need is not a "fairness doctrine", but more funding for public stations that are not controlled by money. Instead, we have seen PBS funding get cut over the years.

And as for "fact checking", the only difference today is that you have the internet and so anyone can do fact checking, where as 40 years ago you had no choice but to trust the network television stations. There was just as much propoganda being served back then as now -- perhaps even more. If you have any doubt, do me a favor and find me an old broadcast or newspaper article from 1964 about the Gulf of Tonkin incident -- but here's the twist....find me one which told the truth about what happened.

Today the truth about such events comes out sooner because most people have access to international news outlets and other information which they did not decades ago. It is more difficult for the "mainstream media" to control thought in this country the way they once did. Most people are at least aware of alternate viewpoints.

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