It absolutely had to do with Fox News by way of Rush Limbaugh. The fairness doctrine applied to broadcast radio as well as television, and the next year after i

It absolutely had to do with Fox News by way of Rush Limbaugh. The fairness doctrine applied to broadcast radio as well as television, and the next year after its abolition, the Rush Limbaugh Show began airing. His meteoric rise over the next couple years demonstrated a large market for conservative media, which motivated Murdoch's and Ailes's approach in founding Fox.