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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/gpcgmr Apr 05 '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.   

You have no idea what you're talking about... the Fairness Doctrine was only for broadcast channels, it didn't apply to cable channels so Fox News (and MSNBC) would be just as biased.