"Mark Zenier" wrote in message
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The Supreme Court threw it out, around 1987. Not because it was
against the Constitution, but because it was done by the FCC and
exceeded the bounds of their enabling legislation. A fair minded
Congresscould reinstate it. (Sigh, fat chance ...)

I hope the fairness doctrine won't be reinstated, and I think it's less
likely now that there's a Democratic biased talk network.

I can see why alot of politicans might prefer using a group of bureaucrats
and judges to keep radio stations in line, rather than leaving it to popular
choice. After all, they have a better chance of cutting deals that way.

And this isn't a liberal vs. conservative issue. The Nixon administration
was talking about using the fairness doctrine to go after licenses of
stations owned by CBS and the Washington Post.

Frank Dresser