Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

We gave up on the fairness doctrine because it didn't work. It forced news media to give equal time to the 1% of crackpots who disagreed with the 99% of scientists on a number of topics, including climate science. It was always going to go this way, regardless of the fairness doctrine existing or not.


The whole point was so government officials could decide what was fair, and what wasn’t.

So full blown censorship by controlling who gets access.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: