Reply #11: The problem is not fairness. It's media consolidation! [View All]

[RufusTFirefly]

The "unfairness" of the airwaves is due primarily to an appalling consolidation of media ownership so that these days less than a dozen major companies control almost all that we see, hear, and read.

Break up the media monopolies and a diversity of viewpoints is likely to follow.

The "fairness doctrine" makes sense in principle, but it's really kind of a red herring. The media won't be "fair" until its ownership is more diffuse and diverse.