The Fairness Doctrine meant that if an outlet aired falsities they would
have to allow the opposition equal time, this made propagandizing
incredibly expensive, time-consuming and counter-productive and
so the networks and other media outlets refused to engage. Ronald
Reagan overturned the Fairness Doctrine and that act allowed
the media to be used for propagandizing. Fox News was set up
and immediately began engaging in rightwing propagandizing.
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