• acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    the fairness doctrine only applied to broadcast TV and radio. the logic was since there were limited airwaves, news was required to present both sides. never had anything to do with cable networks, print media, the internet, or anything else.

    in fact the fairness doctrine could lead to false balance being presented, depending on how courts rule “fair”. for example, do we want to give equal time and attention to both sides on mostly settled issues like climate change?