The Fairness Doctrine: A Brief History and Perspective

The First Amendment states: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

This was worked out in Colonial and Revolutionary times with the correct assumption that the government would almost never be neutral.

The Fairness Doctrine Fairness Doctrine Debate Freedom of Speech has always meant… Absence of Government Control.

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