The Fairness Doctrine

As you are, I’m worried about an all Democratic D.C. passing a new “Fairness” Doctrine.  I have an idea:  if Democrats are worried that liberals aren’t getting their message out over the radio airwaves, why don’t they use taxpayer dollars to fund a station devoted to Democratic messages, and one that has a TV and radio presence in every single market in America?  I even have a name for it:  I think National Public Radio would be good.  Or, perhaps, the Public Broadcasting System.

This morning, my (liberal) husband showed the kids pictures of Obama’s house, surrounded by the media and security.  He noted that it was a nice house and wondered how Obama could afford it.  I said that Tony Rezko helped.  “Who’s he?” asked my husband.  He’d never even heard of Rezko and scoffed when I said Obama had a friend who was a convicted felon.

This is a man who listens only to NPR, and reads only the Times and the New Yorker.  He considers himself extremely well-informed, especially because he doesn’t indulge in the tainted, paranoid-conspiracy garbage emanating from conservative radio and the conservative blogosphere.

I mention this only because it strikes me that, even without the aid of a Fairness Doctrine, the beleaguered “liberal media” (the one Dems are concerned is being shouted out by the shrill voices of conservative talk radio) is doing a very good job of controlling the flow of information.