What if we built incentives designed to provoke more in-depth news coverage? Just like we depend on banks to support our entire financial system, don't we need news outlets to secure our informational ecosystem? Trust in the news media is faltering. This mistrust corresponds with polarization along political lines - people seek out "news" that is already tailored to their views.
This model has become so profitable - with mammoth financial incentives distorting news delivery - that the current market may not be able to bring Americans back to a shared sense of reality.
The more incendiary news gets, the more people watch. The more people watch, the more advertisers and cable companies are willing to pay in a vicious cycle that stimulates our sense of outrage and alarm while dividing us against one another.
While the FCC has a policy to prohibit broadcasters from "intentionally distorting" the news, it is toothless in practice, giving networks wide latitude to exaggerate or even flat-out lie to their audiences.
Meanwhile the FTC has historically shied away from ruling on misinformation from news outlets, though there have been efforts to challenge that standard in the wake of COVID We should look to the recent past for solutions to our "news" crisis. Between and , the FCC had a rule - the Fairness Doctrine - that required broadcasters to present controversial issues in an honest and balanced way. This meant that broadcasters airing commentary on one side of an issue would have to make sure the other view was represented.
This instilled resiliency in our political system, as more Americans operated on the same set of facts, leading political polarization to its lowest point throughout the s.
Establishing a new Fairness Doctrine that includes cable news - whether through legislation or executive branch decision-making - would go a long way towards eliminating the partisan bias at leading cable networks. As with any regulation, successful implementation will be an ongoing, collaborative process with all the stakeholders involved - including FCC regulators, media executives, editors, and the hosts of news shows themselves.
Adding to the challenge is that this revived Fairness Doctrine would need to be updated in light of the cable news explosion of recent decades and ensure adherence with the First Amendment. But implementation challenges shouldn't obscure the power of having a new tool that promotes the health of our news ecosystem. This is no panacea, but when it feels like you live in a different reality depending on whether you're watching Fox News, CNN, or MSNBC, we should be doing anything we can to restore a semblance of balance to the news.
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Gawker is back. Essentially shut down for nearly five years, the gossip, pop culture and news site cranked back up Wednesday under the Bustle Digital Group, which was founded by CEO Bryan Goldberg. Gawker, formerly owned by Nick Denton, was basically knocked out of business after a lawsuit by professional wrestler Hulk Hogan.
The Gawker name was toxic, but also weirdly revered; an intractable combination. It could not be brought back because it could never be what it once was, and also because what it once was was sued out of existence by a professional wrestler five years ago. That makes sense. However, the polling group you mentioned looked at literally 1,, 2, surveys. PBS confirmed Tuesday that the show featuring the 8-year-old bespectacled aardvark, Arthur, his little sister D. Actually, it turns out the show — based on the book series written and illustrated by Marc Brown — stopped production quite a while ago.
We had our wrap party two years ago.
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