INRM
2nd June 2010, 01:28 PM
Groups Want FCC to Police Hate Speech on Talk Radio, Cable News Networks
URL: http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/100833-groups-want-fcc-to-police-hate-speech
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is being urged to monitor "hate speech" on talk radio and cable broadcast networks.
A coalition of more than 30 organizations argue in a letter to the FCC that the Internet has made it harder for the public to separate the facts from bigotry masquerading as news.
The groups also charge that syndicated radio and cable television programs "masquerading as news" use hate as a profit model.
"As traditional media have become less diverse and less competitive, they have also grown less responsible and less responsive to the communities that they are supposed to serve," the organizations wrote to the FCC. "In this same atmosphere hate speech thrives, as hate has developed as a profit-model for syndicated radio and cable television program masquerading as 'news.'"
The organizations, which include Free Press, the Center for Media Justice, the Benton Foundation and Media Alliance, also argue that the anonymity of the Web gives ammunition to those that would spread hate.
What's your opinions?
I personally think this isn't really about hate speech, but about silencing people on TV, Radio, and possibly even the Internet, who talk about things the government doesn't like.
INRM
URL: http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/100833-groups-want-fcc-to-police-hate-speech
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is being urged to monitor "hate speech" on talk radio and cable broadcast networks.
A coalition of more than 30 organizations argue in a letter to the FCC that the Internet has made it harder for the public to separate the facts from bigotry masquerading as news.
The groups also charge that syndicated radio and cable television programs "masquerading as news" use hate as a profit model.
"As traditional media have become less diverse and less competitive, they have also grown less responsible and less responsive to the communities that they are supposed to serve," the organizations wrote to the FCC. "In this same atmosphere hate speech thrives, as hate has developed as a profit-model for syndicated radio and cable television program masquerading as 'news.'"
The organizations, which include Free Press, the Center for Media Justice, the Benton Foundation and Media Alliance, also argue that the anonymity of the Web gives ammunition to those that would spread hate.
What's your opinions?
I personally think this isn't really about hate speech, but about silencing people on TV, Radio, and possibly even the Internet, who talk about things the government doesn't like.
INRM