Stop Forgetting It

oops fixed now tx

We can all collectively thank Reagan, among other terrible things we have to deal with today due to his administration, he is also responsible for the state of news media in the US in 2025. Previous to Reagan we had a policy called The Fairness Doctrine, it was a policy introduced in 1949, that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that fairly reflected differing viewpoints. Broadcasters could show opposing viewpoints via option pieces, news segments or talk shows, but if they reported on one side they were required to show the other.

In 1987 under Reagan the FCC abolished the Fairness Doctrine. Broadcasters were no longer required to air apposing viewpoints of controversial topics. This has directly lead to the echo chambers that you see in the news media today.

Totally forgot about Drupal and Joomla for CMSs. Its been along time for me since I have worked on a Drupal site, but I do remember it being pretty easy to pick up.

If you want to host it on your own webserver, Wordpress is best answer. There is no CMS that will really compare to WP for ease of set up and configuration if you are hosting yourself. WP is also portable so if you do decide to move it to a different host you can port the whole site. Should know that WP is a security nightmare if its not kept updated. It requires ACTIVE maintenance, like every day, no longer than every week, it is not “set it and forget it”.

Editing to add- self hosted Drupal and Joomla are also options. I not as familiar with these as I am WP, but they are both portable and easy to set up in a self hosted environment. Also maybe slightly less of a security issue than WP as they are just used less.

If you don’t mind someone else hosting, Wix, Weebly, Duda or Squarespace are very simple systems that can get a site up for you quickly and looking decent. But you cannot move the site to a new host, you are required to stay within their environments.