For months, Republican pundits, legislators, and even Republican FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell have warned that the Fairness Doctrine—an equal time regulation repealed in the ’80s, and long a bête noire of talk jocks on the right side of the dial—is threatening to stage a triumphant, Mickey Rourke-style comeback. In a briefing paper released Tuesday, the Internet advocacy group Free Press dismisses these worries as a “distraction,” arguing that the doomsayers are improperly conflating the politically moribund rule with unrelated “localism” and media consolidation rules. Ironically, Free Press itself can claim a healthy chunk of the credit for that.
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