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Dude, forget the ‘fairness doctrine’, they have other ways of stifling opposition.

Local board control and this recently published idea....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082202396_pf.html
If Everyone’s Talking, Who Will Listen?

By Dusty Horwitt
Sunday, August 24, 2008; B03

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It’s possible that over time, an energy tax, by making some computers, Web sites, blogs and perhaps cable TV channels too costly to maintain, could reduce the supply of information. If Americans are finally giving up SUVs because of high oil prices, might we not eventually do the same with some information technologies that only seem to fragment our society, not unite it? A reduced supply of information technology might at least gradually cause us to gravitate toward community-centered media such as local newspapers instead of the hyper-individualistic outlets we have now.