Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Groups Urge FCC to Regulate "Hate Speech"

Groups want FCC to police hate speech on talk radio, cable news networks - The Hill's Hillicon Valley:
By Gautham Nagesh - 06/01/10 01:02 PM ET
"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 groups did not mention any specific programming on the right or the left in their letter, which supports a petition filed by the National Hispanic Media Coalition last year requesting a probe of the relationship between hate speech and hate crimes.

The groups argue the Internet has made it harder for the public to separate the facts from bigotry masquerading as news."

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