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What would the Framers do?
Not written by me but it really got me thinking. Take a look.
If you've been listening to the radio lately... and it is a station that doesn't play a lot of music, you have probably heard of the "Fairness Doctrine".  And, since talk radio is basically owned by the conservative side of the spectrum, you have probably heard the Fairness Doctrine railed against... 
In a nutshell, the Fairness Doctrine would mean that if a talk show host with an opinion on one side of an issue were to talk about his side, the station broadcasting it would have to allow equal time for a complaining person on the other side of the issue. 
Those in favor of the doctrine often cite arguments about "the public airwaves" and state the First Amendment - Freedom of the Press arguments don't apply to broadcasters. 
But, I have a question... 
When our Constitution was written, there were two ways to communicate information.  Speech and Press.  Both are covered by the Constitution.  Those were the only ways to get a message out, to communicate, and the Framers of the Constitution saw fit to cover both means of communicating.  In 1776-1789, they could not have imagined that ... more

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