Fairness Doctrine

Yesterday I was listening to talk radio at work, a favorite pasttime of mine. The defeat of the immigration bill was attributed mostly to the efforts of conservative radio hosts. Recently, Diane Feinstein was complaining about the one-sided nature of talk radio and that maybe it's time to re-implement the Fairness Doctrine. She really is annoying. The doctrine is outdated when you consider the dissemination of information and how there are hundreds of different outlets to express multiple points of view. The fact that liberal media has not been successful on talk radio is due to supply and demand more than just mere one-sided points of view. In any case, liberals have a much more dominant and vocal voice than do conservatives when you consider major television news networks and the newspaper industry. Check out that link above about Diane Feinsten. I love Dean Barnett.