How could you trust something like the fairness doctrine in practice? The Kennedy administration for example created Citizens Committee for a Nuclear Test Ban t

How could you trust something like the fairness doctrine in practice? The Kennedy administration for example created Citizens Committee for a Nuclear Test Ban to specifically file FCC complaints against broadcasters that aired criticism of the Limited Test Ban Treaty. Nixon used it as a whip against anti Vietnam War activists[1]. And one could go on, but it was intended to and used to suppress speech the government didn't like. Calling it the "Fairness Doctrine" is a great case of giving a malicious law a name that makes it sound unobjectionable, like the Patriot Act. [1] http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/03/07/politics_and_the_fairness_doctrine/ http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped...