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Jim Meskauskas's avatar

Oh, but you are right that some things don’t have two sides. I call it the “if someone says there’s gravity, we have to have an anti-gravity position.”

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Peter Krasilovsky's avatar

Yes, they should not have allowed Lemon to be tied in with Tucker. But you know, it is often misunderstood why the Fairness Doctrine was eliminated. What happened is that with all the multitude of “voices” —broadcast, cable, Online etc — there was no legal justification for forcing regulated broadcasters to provide equal time. It was going to be swept out by the courts. The challenge is to create a fairness provision, applying to all media, that can stand up in court.

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