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Originally posted by Blaine91555
reply to post by Flatfish
The Right uses FoxNews and Talk Radio. The Left has the Broadcast News, the CEO of GE (NBC) as a personal adviser to the White House while being in complete control of what is reported by NBC, CNN and Hollywood.
Seems like a pretty even playing field that represents the ideologies of the US, which is about evenly split. So now the Left is actively trying to silence the Right and Free Speech and a Free Press be damned?
Are Canadians so brainwashed they would rather have censorship than free flowing information from all sources? I doubt that. This is all an orchestrated attempt by one side to silence the other. The opposite of Free Speech and a Free Press.
I'm taking no sides here and consider the Left and the Right to both be the problem as they work to silence each other and spin facts and outright lie to get their way.
***The first person who accuses me of being a Republican for pointing out the truth will get a mental punch to the nose. Their crap is another topic.***
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
reply to post by Blaine91555
They were told they could not lie, and they walked away. How is that censorship?
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
reply to post by Blaine91555
They were told they could not lie, and they walked away. How is that censorship?
Originally posted by Blaine91555
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
reply to post by Blaine91555
They were told they could not lie, and they walked away. How is that censorship?
Sorry, but in Canada who decides what is true and what is not for you? I'm really curious as the whole idea makes my hair stand up? What's the rest of the story here? Where is the spin? Canada has a Civil Court and Civil Laws, right? Or do you really let the State decide what you hear or don't hear or read? What else is being censored in Canada?
Originally posted by Blaine91555
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
reply to post by Blaine91555
They were told they could not lie, and they walked away. How is that censorship?
Sorry, but in Canada who decides what is true and what is not for you? I'm really curious as the whole idea makes my hair stand up? What's the rest of the story here? Where is the spin? Canada has a Civil Court and Civil Laws, right? Or do you really let the State decide what you hear or don't hear or read? What else is being censored in Canada?
The CRTC’s decision to ignore hundreds of thousands of petition signers across Canada while quickly acceding to Bell’s request for a 60-day temporary delay in implementing the pricing scheme brought an angry response from Openmedia.ca, a pro-consumer group highly critical of UBB.
“The CRTC’s stubbornness in the face of a mass public outcry demonstrates the strength of the Big Telecom lobby’s influence,” said founder and national coordinator Steve Anderson . “While government officials have recognized the need to protect citizens’ communications interests, the CRTC has made it clear that their priorities lie elsewhere. Now is the time for citizens to demonstrate that they, rather than incumbent ISPs, are the real stakeholders.”
Originally posted by Flatfish
Well, It's good to know that at least somebody in this world outlaws "false and misleading news." On top of that, it's good to know that somebody recognizes it when they hear it. Good ole Canada!
The U.S. could learn a lot from Canada if we could just get past the conservative brainwashing being spewed from sources like Fox News. Apparently the Canadians are smart enough, or should I say moral enough, to ban false and misleading news in the first place and it's not at all surprising to me that it would be a conservative like Steve Harper who would attempt to reverse that ban. Steve Harper is just another puppet who's strings are being manipulated by multi-national corporations, no different than governor Walker in Wisconsin.
I can't wait to hear how Fox News spins this story to paint themselves as the victim. Get ready for Canada to be portrayed as the next enemy of the U.S..
Strike one up for truth in broadcasting!
www.huffingtonpost.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
Originally posted by korathin
The real reason is Canada is a step beneath Sweden as being a haven for man-haters. Fox tends to be more pro-traditionalist so the Canadian Man-haters don't want to deal with the competition Fox would add.
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
Originally posted by palg1
To Johnny Canuck. What, you don't really believe that CBC, CTV and Global are always telling you the truth do you. That would be very naive of you. I clearly do not want any news source to actively lie to me or to the rest of the people in Canada. I am just convinced that denying access to any competing news source to the Canadian airwaves restricts our news to the liars that are already in place here. Having one-sided news sources here does not allow us the room to judge objectively the truthfulness of the news we are getting. It's one handed clapping.
I am not going to argue whether or not any news service presents an editorial spin.
Fact is if they LIE to you, you presently have recourse to the CRTC. Under the legislation proposed by Steve, you would lose that right. Capiche?
It is the news service that apparently is declining to operate under those constraints. That tells me all I need to know about "Fair and Balanced".
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
Originally posted by korathin
The real reason is Canada is a step beneath Sweden as being a haven for man-haters. Fox tends to be more pro-traditionalist so the Canadian Man-haters don't want to deal with the competition Fox would add.
1) The law says "a licenser may not broadcast....any false or misleading news." FOX walked away from that seemingly onerous condition. Seems pretty self evident what their problem is.
2) Man hating? Oh, that's about the last descriptive I'd use for Canadian women, ergo Makow is a boob.
3) Why is it making Americans nuts that a broadcaster can't piss in our collective faces and tell us it's raining out? Is it an ubersensitivity over FOX? Does this perhaps hint that 'fair and balanced' could be a fib, too? Oh, the wailing and gnashing of teeth...makes hard men weep!
This whole scenario cracks me up. Essentially, FOX is saying that if it can't be allowed to cheat at the game, it's going home. Good.
Originally posted by fooks
me thinks this story is bs.
made to make them look bad.
Originally posted by Vio1ion
reply to post by Blaine91555
The people decide what is a lie. That's the beauty of this particular law. Meaning that if enough people complaints about what was said in the news and it was intentionally misleading, two things can happen. A fine or Broadcast permit revoked, if I remember correctly.
It's not the government who choose. Otherwise I would call it censorship.
Originally posted by Blaine91555
Now I get how this came about fully. A group of Canadian Liberals simply complained in large numbers and were able to censor a news source they did not like, effectively dictating to everyone what information they may or may not receive. That is not Free Speech or a Free Press. You have been tricked.