A good overview of the much feared (by the Wingnuts and corporate media) of the "Fairness Doctrine". It is the aforementioned corporate media the ensures that the FD will not be reinstated, their is too much money at stake--and broadcasters will argue they can't afford (especially in the current climate) to do things that don't generate profit.

Slanted Facts, unfair, rehash of old kinards, way out of context, shallow , lazy cut and pastes, one sided sources and shabby writing. The article is absurdly slanted, loaded wording throughout, presents a badly expressed out of context history on the Doctrine. Mr. Rendel gets an F as a journalist and writer. I hate mincing my words...

Spot-on article. The Fairness Doctrine was predicated on the concept that airwaves belonged to the people. But when Reagan appeared, suddenly airwaves belonged to corporate America as shown by their interpretation of the Fairness Doctrine, “{It}violated broadcasters First Amendment free speech rights by giving government a measure of editorial control.” An absurd view, but if you’re out to kill fairness in broadcasting, any plausible-falsehood–no matter how preposterous--is required.

The article is a bit dry and long, but it provides a history of the airwaves and the fairness doctrine. This is an important legal question for the access to the media.