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Letter to the Editor

Mar. 17, 2009

Letter to the Editor

Reinstating the Fairness Doctrine may or may not be a good idea ("Many Hope to Bring the Fairness Doctrine Back From the Dead," March 11).

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Reinstating the Fairness Doctrine may or may not be a good idea ("Many Hope to Bring the Fairness Doctrine Back From the Dead," March 11). But in the case of ballot measures, the doctrine's demise in 1992 at the hands of the FCC has meant a reduction in speech over our airwaves. And that is not a good thing. There is little doubt that the effect of broadcasters' refusal to provide under-funded campaigns free response time since then h...

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