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Raggle Fraggle
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 Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:30 pm Post subject: Paranoid Christians on TBN |
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I watch TBN (Trinity Broadcast Network) sometimes. Right now they're talking about something called the Fairness Doctrine from the FCC. I looked it up and basically it just prevents one-sided propaganda from being broadcasted. If somebody broadcasts a controversial opinion, they have to give time for people to disagree.
The people on TBN are getting mad, because if they couldn't blatantly spread false information, then they'd lose their jobs. They call it censorship. It's not censorship. They can still say their same crap, but they have to allow people to disagree with them so they don't brainwash their listeners.
They don't realize that it works both ways. If a person that supports same sex marriage on the radio talks about their opinion, they have to allow time for someone to trash talk their opinion.
And one person on the show was like, "They have no right to do this. If they don't like what someone is saying, they can change the station" But they'd be saying the complete opposite if the issue was naughty words on the radio.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject: Re: Paranoid Christians on TBN |
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| Raggle Fraggle wrote: | I watch TBN (Trinity Broadcast Network) sometimes. Right now they're talking about something called the Fairness Doctrine from the FCC. I looked it up and basically it just prevents one-sided propaganda from being broadcasted. If somebody broadcasts a controversial opinion, they have to give time for people to disagree.
The people on TBN are getting mad, because if they couldn't blatantly spread false information, then they'd lose their jobs. They call it censorship. It's not censorship. They can still say their same crap, but they have to allow people to disagree with them so they don't brainwash their listeners.
They don't realize that it works both ways. If a person that supports same sex marriage on the radio talks about their opinion, they have to allow time for someone to trash talk their opinion.
And one person on the show was like, "They have no right to do this. If they don't like what someone is saying, they can change the station" But they'd be saying the complete opposite if the issue was naughty words on the radio. |
Fraggle....why the hell are you watching the TBN????? lol |
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humans really do make some great hypocrites lol
and im talking about humans in general not just paranoid christian presenters
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Raggle Fraggle
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:38 pm Post subject: Re: Paranoid Christians on TBN |
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| Wickedtruth wrote: | | Raggle Fraggle wrote: | I watch TBN (Trinity Broadcast Network) sometimes. Right now they're talking about something called the Fairness Doctrine from the FCC. I looked it up and basically it just prevents one-sided propaganda from being broadcasted. If somebody broadcasts a controversial opinion, they have to give time for people to disagree.
The people on TBN are getting mad, because if they couldn't blatantly spread false information, then they'd lose their jobs. They call it censorship. It's not censorship. They can still say their same crap, but they have to allow people to disagree with them so they don't brainwash their listeners.
They don't realize that it works both ways. If a person that supports same sex marriage on the radio talks about their opinion, they have to allow time for someone to trash talk their opinion.
And one person on the show was like, "They have no right to do this. If they don't like what someone is saying, they can change the station" But they'd be saying the complete opposite if the issue was naughty words on the radio. |
Fraggle....why the hell are you watching the TBN????? lol |
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How about just let people say w/e the hell they wanna say? lol. Just sounds like the government over stepping their boundaries here. I understand some people are more prone to brainwashing then other people, but imagine such a rule going into effect?
If PBS wanted to show a series on evolution, what's to stop the creationist lobby in insisting that their case be presented as well? Or if the discovery channel wanted to show a documentary on the big bang theory? So, half the hour would be on the scientific principals behind the theory, and the other half would be what genesis says?
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Raggle Fraggle
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| greyghost wrote: | ..........
How about just let people say w/e the hell they wanna say? lol. Just sounds like the government over stepping their boundaries here. I understand some people are more prone to brainwashing then other people, but imagine such a rule going into effect?
If PBS wanted to show a series on evolution, what's to stop the creationist lobby in insisting that their case be presented as well? Or if the discovery channel wanted to show a documentary on the big bang theory? So, half the hour would be on the scientific principals behind the theory, and the other half would be what genesis says? |
Apparently it doesn't require equal time, but just for the record I'm not in support of this doctrine, I just get tired of TBN's ignorance.
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Thaaannk you.
Even hypocrites can make valid criticisms.
One sided paranoid propaganda would just lose its entertainment value anyway.
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| Raggle Fraggle wrote: |
Apparently it doesn't require equal time, |
I see, so an hour long documentary on the big bang would only need to briefly mention genesis? That doesn't sound so bad, but then again a lot of documentaries on the subject already mentions it.
| Quote: | | but just for the record I'm not in support of this doctrine, I just get tired of TBN's ignorance. |
Ah, I see.
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I could see the good in such a policy, but I think some people just prefer to listen to the same old opinion over and over again.
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And while I'm at it, has anyone noticed that every preacher on TV says that they don't promote any particular political party, yet they tell their congregations that George Bush is a holy man and that abortion, same sex marriage, and gun control is wrong?
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I don't agree with the Fairness Doctrine 
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| joshuas3521 wrote: | | I don't agree with the Fairness Doctrine |
Ya I agree. This is something that you would think would be coming from the Republicans but it's from the Democrats. 
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I don't care for the Orwellian "Fairness" doctrine. It assumes that the stations aren't owned by the station owners, and it causes the coverage to be uniformly bland in order to avoid taking any side on any issue that might cause someone to disagree with the side taken.
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i used to get really drunk and watch the christian network just to see the pirate nun
it was this little old lady who was a nun but she had eye surgery or something and had to wear an eye patch thus pirate nun
everytime shed finish a statment wed yell ARRR
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| nny156 wrote: | i used to get really drunk and watch the christian network just to see the pirate nun
it was this little old lady who was a nun but she had eye surgery or something and had to wear an eye patch thus pirate nun
everytime shed finish a statment wed yell ARRR |
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