Reply #54: The drive to our current media state... [View All]

[krkaufman]

... started with "public" pushback against media criticism of Reagan's loose relationship with the facts;

... then hit highway speeds with the nullification of the Fairness Doctrine;

... went pedal to the metal with the birth of the cable news networks and their growth during the first gulf war;

... and hit the afterburner when Bill Clinton signed the 1996 Telecom act into law.


edit: p.s. Re: "Filling up 24 hours was bound to bring a large amount of madness." -- So much time, so little news.