Senate Democrats foil attempt to bar 'Fairness Doctrine'

Washington Times by Kara Rowland | Jul. 20, 2007 (News Report)

"We live in an age of satellite radio, of broadband, of blogs, of Internet, of cable TV, of broadcast TV. There is no limitation on the ability of anyone from any political persuasion to get their ideas set forth," Mr. Coleman argued in support of the Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2007. "The public in the end will choose what to listen to." Full Story »

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by Donald L. Meaker - Oct. 1, 2008

Where the fairness doctrine is still needed is in the Public Schools..............I will suggest that the Fairness doctrine was unconstitutional, but had some rationale when there was only 2 radio shows, and one television chanel in many markets. It remains unconstitutional, and has no rationale when there are 250+ television channels on cable or sattelite, and far more radio stations and pod casts than that.