THE UNFAIR FAIRNESS DOCTRINE

The Fairness Doctrine was adopted in 1949 and held that broadcasters were obligated to provide opposing points of views on controversial issues of national importance. It was halted under the Reagan administration. This is another way to give our government more control over our lives by way of censorship. As it is now Nielsen ratings show that conservative talk radio has more than six times as many listeners as does liberal talk radio. Compare Rush Limbaugh with 15 million listeners weekly with Alan Colmes at 2.75 million. It is natural to expect liberal Truman to favor the Fairness Doctrine and conservative Reagan to oppose knowing Limbaugh would be stifled to Colmes credit.