KUCINICH EYES FAIRNESS DOCTRINE

The Ohio Democrat complained “We know the media has become the servant of a very narrow corporate agenda. We are now in a position to move a progressive agenda to where it is visible." (FMQB) From the Wall Street Journal: In reality, the Fairness Doctrine ensured that incumbents got "free" TV coverage across their terms while challengers got crumbs. The Fairness Doctrine was also an early nuclear option: If a local broadcaster's news operation made the local congressman or his party look bad, Washington could threaten to blow up his broadcast license. (WSJ) The liberals love it, one explaining “Imagine the effect on our civic discourse if stations had to give time for a response to everyone that Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter smeared on the air!” (Huffington Post)