Part I: Katherine Mangu-Ward; Part II: Joseph Farah

From 1949 to 1987, the Federal Communications Commission’s Fairness Doctrine required radio and television stations to present opposing views on political issues. Some members of Congress want to restore the Fairness Doctrine. The following two-part viewpoint presents arguments against such regulation. In Part I Katherine Mangu-Ward writes that the Fairness Doctrine has become outdated in an era where a wide variety of political views can be found on digital and cable television and on the Internet. Mangu-Ward writes for the Weekly Standard, a conservative opinion journal. In Part II, Joseph Farah argues that Congressional efforts to bring back the Fairness Doctrine violate the First Amendment’s protections of free speech. Farah is the founder of WorldNet- Daily.com, an independent...