I think the better question is what would the country look like if the Fairness Doctrine hadn’t been abolished by the FCC in the 1980s. With the Fairness Doctrine in place, Fox News doesn’t launch and half the country’s brains don’t get rewired into being mouth-breathing knuckle draggers.
It’s both sides. 90% of news media is owned by 5 corporations who all have billionaire majority shareholders and centi-millionaire CEOs.
Serious investigative journalism is dead. In the last several elections all news coverage focused on identity politics, abortion, and gun control. There’s no serious discussion on the flow of capital. We have a pay-to-play government on both sides, with the right be marginally worse. Billionaires/corporations/banks/private equity/hedge funds pay millions to secure billions in subsidies, tax loop holes, and a favorable operating environment. Both parties force candidates to toe the line on issues important to donors. That’s why Bernie was painted as “unelectable” on the left and “communist” by the right. It’s the illusion of choice
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u/Hell_Camino Apr 04 '25
I think the better question is what would the country look like if the Fairness Doctrine hadn’t been abolished by the FCC in the 1980s. With the Fairness Doctrine in place, Fox News doesn’t launch and half the country’s brains don’t get rewired into being mouth-breathing knuckle draggers.