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Newscasters Are Too Opinionated and Biased

Once upon a time, Americans sat in their living rooms and listened to a newscaster report the news over the radio. The entire family would sit and eagerly listen to the facts of the day. The facts of the day...

22 comments    politics news social
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How to avoid Collect Call Scam Charges

Now I've been burned, it occurs to me that only people old enough to remember dial phones and party lines would be naïve to accept a collect call from a loved one away from home, but I could be wrong. I...

5 comments    finance money fraud
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Fairness Doctrine: Fair Or Unfair? Constitutional Or Unconstitutional?

Words are often misleading when spoken by our U. S. Government. Take the name "Fairness Doctrine" for example. More correctly, the name "Unfairness Doctrine" would be descriptive and easy to understand by...

media freedom of speech first amendment
You sleep with dogs,you catch fleas.54

ObamasTrue Freinds Reflect His Beliefs

Who do you surround yourself with? Thieves, drug dealers, or maybe a few communists, I certainly hope you wouldn't. On the other hand our own President has some appointments that need a good look. Van Jones...

2 comments    politics obama barack obama
Antique police patrol car, installed with mobile telephone in 1921.(c)IEEE.86

Cell Phones of the Roaring Twenties

Life on Mars is a TV show set in 1973 and interestingly, a giant step in cellular technology happened that year...

8 comments    technology internet history
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Flat Screens For Flat TV Shows

Watching television cures insomnia... NOT! To help pass the time I chose to watch what my dad calls the 'boob tube', otherwise known as television. With Cable, Direct TV, Pay Per View, HBO and so many...

0 comments    entertainment education dog
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The Fair Credit Act

In this time of economic peril, many are dealing with debt collection agencies. Debt collection agencies call at all times of days, leave rude messages and add to the stress and anxiety already felt by...

8 comments    finance job debt
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Banned Music and Explicit Lyrics

Many histories of banned music begin with the 1950s, though there are a few instances of songs being banned from public airwaves in the U.K. and the United States before that time. The BBC reportedly banned a...

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I would like to know what the Hubbers Think About The Fairness Doctrine for Radio

Bleeding heart liberal that I am, I would not want to see a return of the Fairness Doctrine for radio. Broadcasters should have the same First Amendment rights as print publishers. The issue of scarcity of...

12 comments    politics law free speech
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The Fairness Doctrine.... Learn of it.

The Fairness Doctrine is a set of FCC (United States Federal Communications Commission) rules that were established in 1949 concerning the broadcast stations which was an attempt to assure that all...

0 comments    politics government radio
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