A Free Press – free from the Big Six

Introduced in 1949, The fairness doctrine of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was a policy that required broadcasters to devote some of their airtime to discussing controversial matters of public interest, and to air contrasting views regarding those matters. Both sides of an issue were to be given consideration. The main agenda for the doctrine was to ensure that viewers were exposed to a diversity of viewpoints. In 1969, Ronald Reagan vetoed a bill that would continue the fairness doctrine and was upheld by Congress putting an end to the fairness doctrine. Some claim this has led to a more polarized country.

The Commuications Act of 1934 had limited the number of stations an entity could own and control within certain markets to maintain competition. In 1996, however that act was amended with The Telecommunications Act of 1996 being passed by Congress and signed into law by Bill Clinton which de-regulated much of the industry allowing for a greater concentration of control in fewer hands. Now, over 20 years later, six corporations own 90% of all the media. That’s consolidated from 50 companies back in 1983.

Is the news really fair and balanced when the narrative is exactly the same over every channel and newscast:

This site is to present just a few alternatives to the big 6, to offer another perspective. The concept is not to feed a bias, but to challenge your bias and perhaps see the world in a whole new light.

We sincerely advocate the words and life message of Timothy Leary :

Question Authority! Think for Yourself!

…and don’t worry if your thinking doesn’t fit in  with the masses or the established dogma or the status quo. Consider Friedrich Nietzsche’s poetic observation:

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

…and finally, live in the moment and make each one according to your bliss as Joseph Campbell exemplified:

Follow your bliss.
If you do follow your bliss,
you put yourself on a kind of track
that has been there all the while waiting for you,
and the life you ought to be living
is the one you are living.
When you can see that,
you begin to meet people
who are in the field of your bliss,
and they open the doors to you.
I say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid,
and doors will open
where you didn’t know they were going to be.
If you follow your bliss,
doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else.