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@Tangerine, I'll take up your challenge.
Twelve (12) Congressional Democratic elected officials introduced the "Fairness and Accountability in Broadcasting Act" (H.B. 510) in 2005, based on findings that:
(4) Since the rescission of the Fairness Doctrine, the country has experienced a proliferation of highly partisan networks, news outlets, and ownership groups that disseminate unbalanced news coverage and broadcast content.
(5) News consumers, particularly those of talk radio, are overwhelmingly exposed to a single point of view. A 2004 survey by Democracy Radio revealed that 90 percent of all broadcast hours on talk radio are characterized as conservative. This imbalance results in issues of public importance receiving little or no attention, while others are presented in a manner not conducive to the listeners' receiving the facts and range of opinions necessary to make informed decisions.
I can't say whether it's been reintroduced since then, but I wouldn't be surprised. The efforts of the Left to silence critics has a long history.
