The fairness doctrine

I happened to catch Dennis Prager's show yesterday and he was interviewing Ron Brownstein, of the LA Times.

Brownstein is pushing a new book titled "The Second Civil War". Brownstein's asserts the coarseness of political discourse is threatening to civil American society.

The main culprit of the coarsening of this discourse? It is, surprise, talk radio. Brownstein wants to bring back the fairness doctrine. Prager nailed him on the main salient point. Prager asked Brownstein if he'd be willing to bring back the fairness doctrine if it applied to all aspects of American life; universities, newspapers, private foundations, etc.

Brownstein chucked the question but I found it interesting that anything the conservatives dominate, liberals are all about making "fair" but they don't want anything to do with opposing opinions when it doesn't suit them.

The real reasoning American political discourse has been downgraded? Liberals see talk radio and Fox News as threats to their "truth" and they'll impose any form of censorship to make sure they monopolize the "truth".