The Manufactured Fairness Doctrine Controversy

Yglesias on the manufactured Fairness Doctrine controversy:

It’s very strange. Political movements mischaracterize the other side’s general goals all the time. But I’ve never heard of anything like the current conservative mania for blocking a particular legislative provision that nobody is trying to enact.

Part of this blog’s continuing coverage of the manufactured Fairness Doctrine controversy, especially as related to net neutrality:

• Adam Reilly Argues Against the Fairness Doctine
• Bringing Back the Fairness Doctrine
• The Battle Over Whether Net Neutrality is the Fairness Doctrine for the Internet
• ‘The Fairness Doctrine for the Internet’ is a Conservative Strawman