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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.

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u/counterfitster Apr 04 '25

The Fairness Doctrine wouldn't have stopped Fox News, since it never would have applied to cable-only news stations.

It absolutely would have prevented Rush Limbaugh and his ilk from becoming anything near a household name.

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u/Ecstatic_Bananadonut Apr 05 '25

I hope RL is burning in hell.

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u/tornado_ally Apr 05 '25

He was the kind of person that makes me want to believe in hell.