Thursday, August 11, 2011
If the Fairness doctrine applied to liberal TV like MSNBC, do you think Republicans would support it?
In this day and age we have the ability to get news tailored to any particular slant we hold. In the original days of the Fairness Doctrine choice was very limited and therefore protection of what airways did exist was extremely important. This same scenario does not exist anymore and no one entity could hope to control all media. However, if any one group was able to accomplish this I would expect another statute to protect the people. That would be antitrust laws. You can spin this however you like, but those desiring new application of the Fairness Doctrine have one goal in mind. This is to attempt to silence voices they do not agree with, not to balance content. I will never support this idea regardless of how it is presented. We do not need it and dark applications available under it far outweigh any perceived benefits in modern society.
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