The Fairness Doctrine was an FCC regulation which required all licensed broadcasters to present all sides of an issue as being of equal merit. It came into existence in 1949 because everyone was frightened of communists. It was justified, though clearly Unconstitutional, because the public airwaves were a limited, governmentally controlled resource. The Fairness Doctrine died in 1987.

This past weekend, Diane Feinstein shot her mouth off about reviving the Fairness Doctrines so lefties could be heard on talk radio, as well. Granted, the “airwaves” are no longer limited, what with cable and the internet, but, as DiFi said Sunday: “I believe in fairness.”

Lefties have every right to produce their little media shows giving their dismal opinions. If they are good, there will be a market for them. As it happens, they are awful and no one pays much attention. Because of this, some Democrats want to pass a law exempting these lefties from the rigors of competition. (If applied fairly, this would force the New York Times, et al., to print right-slanted “news” to balance their lefty tripe. It would be easier if they’d just print the news and leave the ideology to the other outlets not claiming to be objective, but I believe in fairness.)

Okay, enough of the scare. This was never going to happen, and it was silly to even think that this old law could be crafted to fit today’s amazing media circumstances. But just in case, Congressman Mike Pence introduced a measure proscribing the FCC from using public money to implement such a rule. It passed the House this morning. 309-115.

The Fairness Doctrine is the fossil of a drunken dinosaur, and it will remain that way, no matter how pseudo-palaeontologists like DiFi gawk and squawk.