Update:  I don’t 100% agree with what Thom says here that a fairness doctrine wouldn’t help. The fact that the R’s, specifically our own senator Chuck Grassley, has slapped down any mention of a return to the Fairness Doctrine validates that it would definitely be bad for Rs, hence good for everyone else. But I do agree with him that localism is more what needs to happen now – ownership rules, local control of stations etc. as Thom explains.