[MrB]

The Fairness Doctrine will be very difficult to implement without hurting their allies in the media.

A common misconception among FReepers. The FD exempts "news" orgs, ie, those that are deceptive about their biases. It only targets outlets that are honest about their bias (ie, conservative).

[AppyPappy]

I think that would not last 10 minutes in a courtroom. I talked to some journalists and they were worried that the rock might roll back down hill on them.

The Fairness Doctrine made more sense for the Dems in the 1990’s before the web and email became really popular.