Before 1985 when the Reagan-era FCC deleted the Fairness Doctrine out of the law books, radio had to present both sides of a controversial argument or a broadcast company risked losing its license. Instead of creating balanced reporting, managers were so afraid of the doctrine that they simply avoided so-called controversial topics altogether. According to this article, senators John Kerry and Dick Durbin wish to recreated the constitutionally dubious doctrine in order to, according to the author, put a dampening on conservative talk show radio because this is the one medium in which the right has flourished. If they get their way, the Democratic senators would get their political propaganda [1] 1 This word should be taken as neutral and without negative connotation always. It is simply the propagation of a message independent of whether that message is good or bad. on air by law. It is a transparent scheme and one that would seem to act against the free market and the Bill of Rights.
Original article: “The Fairness Doctrine at Work—American Thinker” The success of Rush and other conservative talk radio hosts, and the failure of liberals to achieve similar success, is the underlying motivation behind Democrats’ efforts to re-impose the Fairness Doctrine. …
To put this into perspective, this is as if the CEO to Dr. Pepper Note: Me like Dr. Pepper. passed into law mandating all supermarkets create equal shelf space for his product as they create for Coca-Cola, the vastly more successful cola brand. Liberal radio hasn’t been met with a fond reception and has failed on its own merits, so this legally dubious tyranny represents the only way to get it on the air, ratings or no ratings. If the senators push this through, it would be horrifically ironic to call this the Fairness Doctrine.
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