Kookcinich’s whole point was absurd and illogical. He was threatening Fox News with the “fairness doctrine”, not because they were “unfair” about putting opposing viewpoints on-air, since he had just conceded that letting him on their programming demonstrated conclusively they give opposition views air-time. Rather, he threatened to use the “Fairness Doctrine” as a club because they were “crowing about their success.”
If the “Fairness Doctrine” is supposed to encourage diverse views on talk shows (radio and TV), why threaten to use it against a cable channel you have just agreed has been “fairer” than most?
The Fairness Doctrine seems to assume that there are only two sides to every issue. If this ever got instituted I think every time I had a different view than those presented I might be tempted to initiate a legal action.