A new poll from Rasmussen shows nearly half of Americans — 47 percent — want the government to force radio and TV stations to carry both perspectives on any important issue.
In other words, along with Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, you'd receive a generous helping of Al Franken and James Carville.
Congressional Democrats have threatened to reinstate the so-called Fairness Doctrine, which was put in place by the Federal communications Commission in 1949. It was dropped as new technologies offered an abundance of sources for information.
Ashley Horne, federal policy analyst at Focus on the Family Action, said: "Voters are not fully aware of what the Fairness Doctrine is and the far-reaching consequences of its reinstatement."
Strangely enough, the Rasmussen survey found that 71 percent believe the current media environment allows almost any political view to be expressed.
