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Former General Counsel for FCC Says Pelosi Has Picked Next Partisan Political Battleground in Resurrecting 'Fairness Doctrine' Argument: Not Just About Equal Time for Left and Right, But About Government Manipulation of Free Marketplace of Ideas
December 16, 2008Bruce Fein, former General Counsel for the FCC and architect of the repeal of the "Fairness Doctrine" by the Commission during President Ronald Reagan's administration, says Speaker Pelosi has picked the next partisan political battleground in resurrecting the "Fairness Doctrine." Fein elaborated: "The doctrine is not about a balanced presentation of conflicting viewpoints, but about suppressing ideas over the airwaves disliked by detractors to promote a political agenda." A Democrat-Republican divide over the matter is predictable, a mirror image of the present liberal-conservative divide in broadcast news and talk shows. Full release