Will Bunch expresses what I’ve been thinking since Trump was elected. American democracy is under attack from within. The fascists who yearn for an authoritarian government in the media are promoting it, and the media who supposedly don’t support it fail to recognize it. They are busy trying to follow the political playbook of the 20th century.
Not clear that the Fairness Doctrine would have changed anything. It only applied to FCC licensees - OTA broadcast, not cable - and it’s really the cable news channels and their need to find 24/7 content that’s drowned us in shallow, emotional drama-content.
I mean if it wasn’t repealed it could have been extended to cable. But thats a what-if and not really relevant.