Fairness

Tampico

The biggest flaw of the Fairness Doctrine was that it assumed therewere two sides to every story. Most issues have 38 sides. Also, it gave the government the responsibility to decide what constituted a side.

On most major issues I can identify several views:

HHH Liberal (Hubert H. Humphrey) FDR, constituent groups

Marxist Liberal (includes black liberation)

Centrist/Pragmatic Liberal (Clintons)

RF Kennedy Judicial Liberal

Anti-State Libertarian, Hippie Libertarian, Anarchist Liberatarian

Constitutional Libertarian

Neocon Libertarian

Neocon

Social/Religious Conservative

Militarist/Police Conservative

Corporate Conservative

This is ten clear, distinct points of view. There are actually many more and there are also major political figures who have elements of several of these in their views. Also, I made no reference to moderates or centrists or compromisers because I don't know how to describe them accurately. Moderates tend to not have exact philosophies but base their views on finding solutions half way between major contending views. One day they can be halfway between Marxists and Neo-Cons, the next day they can be half way between Klingons and William Shatner.