Follow Slashdot blog updates by subscribing to our blog RSS feed

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
×

Comment Re:Department of Fairness can not be far behind (Score 1, Insightful) 631

Oh looks its mi back to provide more lies, while backing his arguments with links to sites that actually disprove everything he says.
Mi, the gentleman who declares "I'm not a bigot, I love (insert random slur here)."

Seriously though. Yet again, from your links:

The Fairness Doctrine had two basic elements: It required broadcasters to devote some of their airtime to discussing controversial matters of public interest, and to air contrasting views regarding those matters. Stations were given wide latitude as to how to provide contrasting views: It could be done through news segments, public affairs shows, or editorials. The doctrine did not require equal time for opposing views but required that contrasting viewpoints be presented.

Let us remember that the FCC exists because "the spectrum" is seen and treated under law as a public resource owned by the nation's citizens. So the FCC was
created to administer it (in lieu of created the Federal Minitry of Truth you mention and worry about) in a collaboration between government (and the public's) interests in having the spectrum used in the publics benefit, and private interests in making money while doing so. A middle ground, a middle way, between government provided (and potentially abused) content, and private use (and potential abuse) of the spectrum. A compromise.

That's background. Onto the Fairness Doctrine:
No part of the Fairness Doctrine had anything to do with determining "what content is fair".. So right off the bat you're spouting BS. Rather, it simply requires that broadcasters talk about "things in the public interest", which essentially means news. Like right now, there is a major trade deal going down, the TPP, that not one news channel is talking about. OR during and after citizens united, they rarely talk about the money in politics. Such ignoring of important issues would be a valid basis for a complaint to the FCC. And complimentary to the first part of the rule, when discussing or presenting these "things in the public interest", the presentation couldn't be one sided. IE, no Fox News. This so far is logical, straightforward, and completely reasonable.

But lets dig further. More from your link:

In 1974, the Federal Communications Commission stated that the Congress had delegated it the power to mandate a system of "access, either free or paid, for person or groups wishing to express a viewpoint on a controversial public issue..." but that it had not yet exercised that power because licensed broadcasters had "voluntarily" complied with the "spirit" of the doctrine.

So it was never actually enforced. Broadcasters, chiefly the big 3 until the advent of cable, implemented a similar policy internally and voluntarily.

I could point out your stupidity and ignorance on these topics all day long, but I'm running out of time and need to cut the history and facts lesson short. But the history even gets more interesting: when the FCC revoked the doctrine, there was significant opposition to it. They feared one sided mouth pieces for companies, politicians, or other special interests. A de-evolution of political discourse fed by the chief mechanic people rely on to be informed. Any of that sound familiar, like a news channel or two you know about? Hmmm?

In short: go away you ill informed troll.

Comment Re:Be Careful What You Wish For (Score 2) 631

Silicon Valley not only backs it, they created it.
The father of the internet supports it.
It's nothing secret, its simply the codification of the current status quo.

As for "what Comcast might do" ... they've ALREADY DONE IT. Several times. Tried several more. Its why they oppose NN in the first place, and if they could have gotten NN declared totally dead (instead of merely struck down on technicality a few years ago) they wou;d have been even more brazen more immediately.

"This whole thing" (your post) is a pile of BS written by an ignorant, incompetent shill trying to lie for the telcos.

Comment Re:How do we know? (Score 3, Insightful) 631

so then you're opposed to the internet as it stands right now?

you oppose the preservation of the status quo in lieu of ISP's being able to block services they don't want you do have?
Say being blocked from Amazon Prime and forced into Verizon Prime?
Or Comcast redirecting Netflix users to Hulu?
Or otherwise turning internet delivery into a fancier cable channel, with certain websites available in certain tiers of service?

You're a shill.
Or a liar.
Or just ignorant.
But likely all 3.

Net neutrality is the basis of the internet as we know it: ISPs provide access to the entire internet, not just the parts they want us to see.
If you like the internet as it stands, then you like NN. \
It's that f!@#()% simple.

Comment Re:How do we know? (Score 4, Insightful) 631

this ladies and gentlemen is the RWNJ Brain At Work.

They (the FCC) literally have a series of meeting, press releases, and publicly proposed rules, public commentary, all saying "Here it is! This is what we want to do, what do you think?", and still the RWNJ's decry "we have no idea what's going on, why won't they tell us what's going on, they're hiding it from us".

Comment Re:The big thing that is missing (Score 5, Insightful) 631

local loop unbundling may have been a better choice, but just like actual single payer socialized healthcare, it's likely a bridge too far in the current political climate.

more control is not the same as less freedom. they aren't antithetical.
in this case, we are simply preserving the current status quo of the internet, which is that Comcast cant block Netflix and force you to use hulu.

which by the way is still a concern even if actual forced competition were to occur.
in an ideal free market, the companies wouldn't be able to force you to use their service, but an ideal free market along with ideal competition doesn't exist regulatory intervention anyway, because by their very definition free markets inevitably devolve.

Comment Re:The real problem (Score 1, Insightful) 599

misrepresent and misunderstand what is happening (it's not a bill)? check
mention page length along with a statement and implication of ulterior motives? check
mention the IRS non scandal? check
hyperbole and fear monger? check
hypothesize in direct contradiction to what is actually known ("im just asking?")? check
complete ignorance of the role of independent regulatory agencies and their authority? check
complete and total ignorance? big check

Comment Re:I hope this wasn't a trojan horse (Score 1) 599

Once again you prove your ignorance.

-The internet already operates on the principles of net neutrality, but its always been an informal thing.
-The fact that the big companies have been trying to chip away at that is what has prompted the desire to codify it in stone.
-They aren't regulating the internet, they are regulating the companies' business practices in providing it.
-The rules are clearly spelled out
-Are you seriously unaware of the regulations already in place in China and the EU? OR that one reason for the EU's vastly superior internet industry is a direct result of that regulation?

Seriously its becoming tiresome to correct your ignorance.

Comment Re:Thank You, Delegation of Powers (Score 2) 599

Independent regulatory agencies aren't really Executive.
They are and they aren't.
They're actually somewhat outside the basic 3 Branch Paradigm you were taught in school with its clearly defined boundaries.

If Congress actually had to sit down and create all the necessary regulations themselves for our modern world they would never get anything done (I know...I know...). Plus they can't be experts at everything, and even going back to the 1800s committees and hearings were often more about making political points that actually establishing facts and hearing from experts. So the delegation is a good thing in the long run, as long as the agency actually does its job, and the Congress remembers to check in now and then and make sure they are (*cough*SEC*cough*).

Comment Re:Sounds good (Score 0) 599

You like the internet as it is now?
Then you like net neutrality.
It's that simple.

Granted, the GOP tried, and failed, to capture the term with their deceitful House Bill a couple weeks ago, but most folks saw right through it.

And as for the big scary ACA:
http://mediamatters.org/resear...
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-ma...
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07...

Comment Re:Bring on the lausuits (Score 4, Informative) 599

POTUS doesn't need to sign it.
It's rule making by an established authority within their jurisdiction.
The only way they can undo it is through the courts, or revising the laws establishing the FCC's authority.
Because such a bill WOULD require POTUS' signature, that is unlikely to happen, at least until 2024.
Therefore the courts are the more likely option, but the courts previously established in their prior ruling on net neutrality how the FCC could or should do what they wanted to do, when they struck the previous attempt.

Comment Re:Oh bullshit! (Score 0) 320

Bro do you even logic?
just because they don't agree with your interpretation and interpret it differently doesn't mean they don't care about it.
that's like Baptists telling Catholics they're heretics and don't worship the same god cause they interpret the Bible differently.

or like saying that because they interpret the 1st amendment differently than you do, or the way Alabama's Chief Justice Moore does, (religion for all, not just religion for Christians), they don't care about it.

this is your fundamental failure. you assume disagreement means polar opposite, that there are only two choices or possibilities of stance, when that's nowhere close to a truism. reality is far more complicated. but then we've pointed out your lack of logical capability before and you apparently have made no efforts to improve your comprehension skills.

Slashdot Top Deals

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein

Working...