Fairness Doctrine

I don't believe it is necessary to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine. I think that people can choose what they want to watch or listen to, to get the facts of both sides of a story. There are the counter balances of Olbermans Countdown and Bill O'Reilly, and anyone can get the opposite views by watching either of these programs. If the news is going to be required to present both sides of an issue, I believe that is taking an essential part away from freedom of speech. We have the option to pick up the remote or turn the dial on the radio to get the information that we so desire. The fairness doctrine doesn't really seem that fair at all to me. I don't believe it would work in our society today because there are already so many people out there with a strong belief in their own politics and they don't really care too much what the other side really has to say. Today, news stations and newspapers are able to feed off of what the other side has to say and that helps each achieve ratings which keeps competition in good spirits. The fairness doctrine is good in principle but lacks what Americans want to see in today's media.