Quote Originally Posted by oladub View Post
"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press"
A lot of people seem to forget the freedom of speech principle both prevents the government from stopping you from saying something, but also prevents the government from *forcing* you to say something. This is why the fairness doctrine was overturned. Public airwaves are treated somewhat differently, but the argument was made, successfully, that it had little effect on viewpoint discrimination. There might be some markets that skew one way or another, but market forces have more to do with that than networks forcing viewpoints upon people. As for the Detroit market, you can find all kinds of viewpoints on the radio across the dial. If you don't like one, switch to another station. Also, if someone calls and asks you to take a radio listening survey, take it, as it makes a large difference in ad rates for radio stations.

The internet is a different beast altogether, as there is a different regulatory regime in play involving section 230 protections.