Fairness Doctrine

[Nuclear Unicorn]

122. No, the point is you want people to be forced to watch what you agree with.

So, instead of diluting content -- requiring Limbaugh to sacrifice X number of broadcast minutes means Maddow has to sacrifice X number of broadcast minutes -- you should have the courage of your convictions to go straight to the heart of the matter and place the mandate on the audience, not the content providers.

Limbaugh is on the air for 3 hours a day, Maddow only one. Equal time means you could cut Limbaugh down to 90 minutes but then Maddow would be reduced to 30 minutes; or whatever the scheme would be, though it would have to be applied equally. Under the audience mandate you could say, "Okay, you can have 60 minutes of Limbaugh but you have to have 60 minutes of Maddow as well" and vice versa.

But since this betrays the dictatorial impulses of those proposing this silliness they tend to be embarrassed by the suggestion. That's why dictators-by-proxy are as cowardly as they are contemptible.