There was a wonderful thing called The

 

Fairness Doctrine. U.S. Broadcasting Policy The policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission that became known as the "Fairness Doctrine" is an attempt to ensure that all coverage of controversial issues by a broadcast station be balanced and fair. The FCC took the view, in 1949, that station licensees were "public trustees," and as such had an obligation to afford reasonable opportunity for discussion of contrasting points of view on controversial issues of public importance. The Commission later held that stations were also obligated to actively seek out issues of importance to their community and air programming that addressed those issues. With the deregulation sweep of the Reagan Administration during the 1980s, the Commission dissolved the fairness doctrine. This doctrine grew out of concern that because of the large number of applications for radio station being submitted and the limited number of frequencies available, broadcasters should make sure they did not use their stations simply as advocates with a singular perspective. Rather, they must allow all points of view. That requirement was to be enforced by FCC mandate.

 

Now, the Fairness Doctrine assured that all opposing viewpoints were heard, so the populace coudl decide for itself. But there were those who thought that was wrong. wrong.wrong. And so they went to a president who even when he was the head of the Screen Actors Guild showed signs of mental impairment on what became known i SAG as "The Great Giveaway"

 

There are conservatives that are afraid of the Fairness Docrien. They call it "Orwellian"  huh? They believe that giving an opposing view is an attempt to silence the poor oppressed creatures they delude themselves to be

sigh…..