[Political Junkie Too]

If the noise level about the fairness doctrine ( like the SUV chorus has ) goes up, expect it to be on the agenda the next time Dims get an opportunity.

This will die down once the Right turns talk of the "Fairness Doctrine" away from conservative talk radio towards how it would also affect outlets such as NPR, ABC News, Meet The Press, etc.

The "Fairness Doctrine" will work both ways. I believe that, in the end, restoring the Fairness Doctrine will hurt the Left more than the Right. The Right is already comfortable discussing all sides of an issue. It's the Left that can't hold up to scrutiny, and allowing opposing opinion to intrude into their previously "safe zones" will undercut their single-threaded messages to their base.

-PJ

[Alberta's Child]

The "Fairness Doctrine" by definition would be unenforceable simply because nobody would be able to define the two sides.

Suppose a radio station carried Rush Limbaugh, Gordon Liddy, Michael Savage and Sean Hannity on a typical weekday. If the "Fairness Doctrine" were in place, I'm guessing that Limbaugh and Hannity would go out tomorrow and register as Democrats, join the ACLU, join People for the American Way, etc. Then the station would have two "liberals" and two conservatives on the air, but the content of the shows would not change one bit.