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They have literally had laws enforcing fairness in media.

Fox news is heavily criticized for their biased reporting and editorial standards. That would be the comparison to criticism of HN modding policies.



Those rules were unconstitutional and revoked.


The fairness doctrine was not found to be unconstitutional.


I believe you're incorrect about that.


I'm not.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/everyth...

> A lawsuit challenging the doctrine on First Amendment grounds, Red Lion Broadcasting Co., Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission , reached the Supreme Court in 1969. The Court ruled unanimously that while broadcasters have First Amendment speech rights, the fact that the spectrum is owned by the government and merely leased to broadcasters gives the FCC the right to regulate news content.




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