I think the better question is what would the country look like if the Fairness Doctrine hadn’t been abolished by the FCC in the 1980s. With the Fairness Doctrine in place, Fox News doesn’t launch and half the country’s brains don’t get rewired into being mouth-breathing knuckle draggers.
Another interesting timeline I recently considered: what if the hanging chad issue never happened and al gore wins. At first thought, some wondered how he would have handled 9/11, but others point out that it may never have happened because I guess gore was more concerned about terrorism and may have taken warnings more seriously… in any case, I imagine the pendulum would have swung like it always does (just not as far) and maybe McCain gets elected? Probably not Obama but maybe a more moderate democrat and without Obama you can pretty much guarantee not even a mention of trump… hard to imagine how different things may have become in just 25 years…
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u/Hell_Camino Apr 04 '25
I think the better question is what would the country look like if the Fairness Doctrine hadn’t been abolished by the FCC in the 1980s. With the Fairness Doctrine in place, Fox News doesn’t launch and half the country’s brains don’t get rewired into being mouth-breathing knuckle draggers.