<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Are you a regular reader of the NY Times? In my view, they do not present a neutral view. Nor do they strive to present all views on a topic. For instance, the anarchist or libertarian positions hardly ever grace its pages. Why is that?<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> BillK <pharos@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, August 2, 2011 12:40 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [ExI] Robert Ettinger's obituary in NYT<BR></FONT><BR>2011/8/2 Dan wrote:<BR>> As far as I'm aware, there is no such rule regarding print media in the US.<BR>> Also, the Fairness Doctrine is basically, in my understanding, no longer in<BR>> force in regard to broadcast media in the US. In other
words, nothing legal<BR>> prevents the NY Times or any newspaper in the US from taking a pro- or anti-<BR>> cryonics stance. (Add to this, the NY Times does have opinion columns that<BR>> do take controversial stances on issues. AFAIK, that paper is not obligated<BR>> to provide equal column inches to opposing viewpoints.)<BR><BR>I think you are right to say there are no applicable laws for general<BR>news. (The Equal Time rule is for politics only).<BR><BR>But see:<BR><<A href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Objectivity_%28journalism%29" target=_blank>https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Objectivity_%28journalism%29</A>><BR><BR>Quote:<BR>In the context of journalism, objectivity may be understood as<BR>synonymous with neutrality.<BR>It refers to the prevailing ideology of newsgathering and reporting<BR>that emphasizes eyewitness accounts of events, corroboration of facts<BR>with multiple sources and balance
of viewpoints.<BR><BR>Some historians, like Gerald Baldasty, have observed that<BR>"objectivity" went hand in hand with the need to make profits in the<BR>newspaper business by selling advertising. Publishers did not want to<BR>offend any potential advertising customers and therefore encouraged<BR>news editors and reporters to strive to present all sides of an issue.<BR>----------------<BR><BR>BillK</DIV></DIV></div></body></html>