FDR used the Fairness Doctrine in a pretty totalitarian way, combining it with the call to “patriotism” during the Second World War.
After the news media were all shifted over to the far left, beginning with the Roosevelt years when Uncle Joe Stalin was our friend and ally, there was less need for it. But I think we are about to see a new intolerance. Ninety-five percent leftist news is no longer good enough.
“FDR used the Fairness Doctrine....”
FDR had been in his grave five years before the Fairness Doctrine was enacted.
“Ninety-five percent leftist news is no longer good enough.”
So true, and so sad.