Originally Posted by
fryar
The fairness doctrine sounds like a good idea, in theory and at first glance. But it's impossible to give everyone a fair hearing, and so you can't possibly not end up with some form of favoritism. You can try to regulate that, but you will fail, because what, you're just going to think of everything? And we don't need to try in spite of guaranteed failure, because really, there's the internet.
Ownership diversity and public trusteeship are issues that can be or are very relevant to other topics, in my opinion, but I see what that study is promoting as a misuse of high-minded principle for partisan gain.