Attempts by the broadcasters to reduce their public service obligations were beaten back.
This «Fairness Doctrine» has become the foundation of free speech on radio and television, and it has prevented many of the more blatant
attempts by some broadcasters to use the public airwaves as nothing more than a sounding board for their own special views and interests.
While religious broadcasters have continually said that their task is to supplement the work of the local church, there is little evidence of a sustained
attempt by broadcasters to do this.
Not exact matches
Realization of the importance of reinforcing appropriate supportive behavior
by viewers has also led the
broadcasters to encourage formation of an interactive relationship between viewers and themselves rather than
attempting to direct them to a local church.
One method
by which they
attempted to rally support for politicians who supported their particular causes was
by endorsing a «rating» system which collated scores for each individual legislator according to how that legislator voted on several issues considered
by the
broadcasters to be «Christian» issues of the election.
The research indicates, however, that the figures given particularly
by the paid - time religious
broadcasters in support of this claim are sweeping overstatements; they do not
attempt accurately to assess the situation of the person involved in the decision making before claiming them as a conversion statistic, nor do they take into account the durability of the change which, it is claimed, is produced.
We have seen lots of online bullying
by nationalists, now we are seeing real - world
attempts to bully a
broadcaster.»
By making a caricature of Monckton, Delingpole, and climate scepticism, the BBC reveals itself as the same kind of beast it
attempted to slay: given to dogma, unwilling to countenance either debate or dissent, and failing to reflect on its function as an impartial
broadcaster.