- The Hill, Wednesday, June 2, 2010 11:45 PM
The Federal Communications Commission is being urged to monitor "hate speech" on talk radio and cable broadcast networks. A coalition of more than 30 organizations argue in a letter to the FCC that
the Internet has made it harder for the public to separate the facts from bigotry masquerading as news. The groups also charge that syndicated radio and cable television programs "masquerading as
news" use hate as a profit model.
The organizations, which include Free Press, the Center for Media Justice, the Benton Foundation and Media Alliance, also argue that the anonymity of the Web
gives ammunition to those that would spread hate. "The Internet gives the illusion that news sources have increased, but in fact there are fewer journalists employed now than ever before."
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