You know, simply put, there needs to be an adverse consequence for politicians who

[CaptainTruth]

51. One that's not just for broadcast! That's the only way it would be effective.

The original Fairness Doctrine only applied to broadcast because the govt owns the electromagnetic broadcast spectrum & leases frequencies to broadcasters. Because the govt owned the distribution method (the broadcast frequencies) they could impose regulations like the Fairness Doctrine.

It does not cover cable or internet/streaming distribution, which is how the majority of people receive the majority of their content (programming, news, etc).

And that's the fatal flaw of the Fairness Doctrine in its current form, it applies only to one method of DISTRIBUTION (broadcast), as opposed to applying to the CONTENT, regardless of distribution method.

We need a content-focussed distribution-method-independent version of the Fairness Doctrine if it's to do any good at all.