Reagan killed the Fairness Doctrine, and Congress needs to bring it back
Late in the second term of Reagan, there was a bill that was passed in both the house and Senate with huge bipartisan support. The bill was called the Fairness Doctrine. The bill would have made permanent some legislation that had been passed in the late 40's. This Fairness Doctrine made TV and radio to give equal time to all sides of a political issue. It also regulated the ownership of newspapers and TV/radio stations so that no single entity could control the news in a certain area - it allowed more than one viewpoint to be presented. Reagan vetoed the bill, and with pressure on the GOP in the house and Senate, an override was not going to happen.
Roger Ailles worked for Nixon and then Reagan. it was widely know than he was a hatchet man and went after their enemies. He also worked for Rudy G when he ran for mayor of NYC. Rupert Murdoch knew very well of the guy and when he wanted to enter the US market with his disinformation channel, he knew exactly who to hire to run it. The rest is history.
We need the next Congress to send the Fairness Doctrine back to President Clinton by the spring of next year. The hate radio has to go away and the lies of FoxNews and others with it. Newspapers need to go back to printing news instead of commentary ad opinion and no single entity can own all the news outlets for an area.
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