"Daddy died a MAGA. His last words were apologies for how his Trumpism hurt our family"

[LaMouffette]

38. You're right. I forgot to include far-right talk radio. We need a new Fairness Doctrine, which, coincidentally,

got the ax in 1987 (I just googled it), which unleashed Rush Limbaugh and Fox News and the rest on America.

Bring Back a New and Improved Fairness Doctrine
By E. Donald Elliott – Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

From 1949 to 1987, the Federal Communications Commission had a rule called the Fairness Doctrine. It provided that for broadcasting license renewals by radio and TV stations, the FCC would consider whether a licensee had covered both sides of controversial public issues. The Fairness Doctrine is often confused with one of its subparts, the equal time rule, but the Fairness Doctrine never required broadcasters to give equal time to every side of every issue. Rather, it merely required broadcasters devote some of their airtime to discussing controversial matters of public interest and to air contrasting views regarding those matters. Stations were given wide latitude as to how to provide contrasting views. It could be done through news segments, public affairs shows, or editorials.

https://dividedwefall.org/fcc-fairness-doctrine/?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4seOwreEhwMVfQKtBh2aTw7GEAAYASAAEgI9yfD_BwE

The new Fairness Doctrine would have to have teeth, be enforceable with severe punishment for transgressors, and most importantly, apply to non-broadcast media, like cable TV programs, streaming services, news apps, . . . anything that delivers news. This is a thorny issue because the idea of regulating the internet is also pretty terrifying, but something has to be done to stop these liars from "flooding the zone with shit," as Steven Bannon put it so delicately.