Fairness Doctrine officially dead as campaign issue

Earlier today I got a press release from a right-wing group trying to link House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to efforts to revive the old FCC Fairness Doctrine. That smelled awfully fishy to me, because -- contrary to the hyperventilations of this particular group, whose name I won't mention because I think this was just a fundraising ploy of theirs -- many leading Democrats are opposed to bringing back the Fairness Doctrine.

I don't get why anyone would want to bring back the "Hush Rush" bill, which would make the immigration-reform backlash look mild by comparison to what it would rap. Besides, regulating "fairness" on TV and radio is an even more outdated and pointless pursuit than regulating "indecency."

Anyway, I shot the press release to John Eggerton, Washington chief of Broadcasting & Cable magazine, and that prompted him to make some inquiries, and not only did he shoot down the Pelosi rumor, he got something much more interesting than that:

Obama Does Not Support Return of Fairness Doctrine

Nice job, Egg!

Related: Remembering George Carlin, accidental father of the "indecency" law

(Half oops: HumanEvents.com has Pelosi on record saying she "personally" likes the doctrine, but she has other fish to fry. So I did smell fish.)