HOLD THE MEDIA ACCOUNTABLE - THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE I've mentioned acerbic radio mouth - Imus and also how I used to be in 'show biz' in the last two posts. So let me segway to something I am behind in terms of the media in the U.S. - The RESTORATION OF THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE! - Barbara The Fairness Doctrine How We Lost it, and Why We Need it Back by Steve Rendall A license permits broadcasting, but the licensee has no constitutional right to be the one who holds the license or to monopolize a...frequency to the exclusion of his fellow citizens. There is nothing in the First Amendment which prevents the Government from requiring a licensee to share his frequency with others.... It is the right of the viewers and listeners, not the right of the broadcasters, which is paramount. — U.S. Suprem e Court, upholding the constitutionality of the Fairness Doctrine in Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC, 1969. When the Sinclair Broadcast Group retreated from pre-election plans to force...