The Return of the Fairness Doctrine?

Slithe writes "Last week at the National Conference for Media Reform, Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich (a long-shot candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination) stated that the Fairness Doctrine may be reinstated. Kucinich will be heading up a new House subcommittee that will focus on issues around the FCC. The Fairness Doctrine was an FCC regulation that required broadcast media to present controversial issues in an honest, equal, and balanced manner. The FCC repealed it in 1987 — Democrats at the time tried to forestall this move but were ultimately thwarted by a veto by President Ronald Reagan. Critics of the Fairness Doctrine have stated that it was only used to intimidate and silence political opposition. At the convention, Kucinich said, 'We know the media has become the servant of a very narrow corporate agenda. We are now in a position to move a progressive agenda to where it is visible.'" In the interest of fairness, here is a Republican, free-market perspective on the return of the Fairness Doctrine.

Comments

left wing doesn't need to sell ads

[rubycodez]

they get airtime for free - PBS

Re:I agree, what does "balanced" even mean?

[Profane MuthaFucka]

Almost everything in your comment is absolute bullshit. Factually, it's just plain wrong.

Re:Does This Mean

[soft_guy]

There are a lot of idiots in the world, that's why Rush is so popular. All the law and order types listening to a junkie...