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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWould it help to bring back the Fairness Doctrine - perhaps an updated version?
It's not just Dump and McTurd's fault - it's Fux, Limburger, and all the other hate talk & tv, and hate social media.
diva77
(7,643 posts)elleng
(130,979 posts)diva77
(7,643 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)I think you just hit the nail on the head!
MustLoveBeagles
(11,617 posts)PSPS
(13,603 posts)diva77
(7,643 posts)Good one!
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Or rather not broadcast over public airwaves.
But it was s much more liberal Supreme Court that made it untenable.
The Fairness Doctrine is not coming back.
jmowreader
(50,560 posts)Unfortunately, it wouldn't be able to cover the Internet...and Glenn Beck doesn't seem to be doing too badly after getting kicked off Fox News.
SharonAnn
(13,776 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)It was immediately after Reagan scuttled the fairness doctrine that the giant RW Wurlitzer was established. The fairness doctrine was repealed in 1987 and Limbaugh, to pick a well-known example, began his national show shortly after that.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... to political parties in the US !!
Now that its gone FAUX News is the media outlet for the KGOP and there's little we can do to stop it.