[Prospero]

There should be an FCC requirement that a company broadcasting OVER THE PUBLIC AIRWAVES must have some iota of apolitical objectivity. The FCC is, of course, funded with our taxes and probably wants more.

Whoa.... Conservatives or Conservatism succeeds when allied with Truth, objective reality. The Liberals, modern day liberals insist Truth is what works for you, or for them. "Objectivity" is defined differently by most thinking people in both camps differently. There can be no discussion without first agreement on the definition of terms. There can be no agreement between those who believe 2+2 = 4 (everywhere in the Universe) and those who believe 2 + 2 = 4 except when it equals 5.

Now scientific, or absolute, certainty, is beyond human capacity. We might agree even insist absolute certainty must exists, even if we do not undertand it exhaustively but the weight of historic certainty - the evidence, for example, that Caesar existed and that Christ came out of that tomb, is largely within our grasp.

What I'm stumbling along here trying to say is that a Government appointed commission is incapable of determining "objectivity." Your suggestion borders on the recreation of Nixon's "Fairness Doctrine, the requirement that broadcast stations provide those who disagree with an opinion "reasonable opportunity to reply."

If that Doctrine had been renewed, Rush Limbaugh and what we know today as Conservative Tak Radio would not exist.

Neutrality is a myth. The Liberals believe they are Neutral, and it is a cherished ideal of "moderates" everyehere.

The way to defang the MSM is by continuing to take away their eyeballs. In time, the Big Three will be out of the news business altogether, acting only as a Pool for their affiliates. The New Media will grow with the increasing ease and talent of it's writers.

Clinton may be the last President they will pick for us, but their audience will die off with the retired audience that is already most of what remains of its "eyeballs."

[JATO]

Excellent points, all. I appreciate your effort. Perhaps there's no way to divorce the funding of advertisers from the various biased media outlets. That's really the problem. Every time I buy a box of crackers, some of that money goes into CBS's coffers.

That, plus access to the BROADCAST AIRWAVES, not cable or satellite, is what I'm talking about. If a medium is accessed over the airwaves, then there is an additional responsibility.

The idea is that there is NO CHOICE about what to watch if all one has is a television and a rabbit ears antenna. At that point, there is a violation of public trust. Probably too fine a point there, though.