Ask A Genius 1267: Inflection Upon Inflection

 Rick Rosner: So, you've got more powerful propaganda now. We no longer have the fairness doctrine—the policy Reagan eliminated in the 1980s—which required opposing candidates to be given equal airtime. Although many news outlets still try to adhere to that principle, I'm not exactly sure what the doctrine originally stated. Essentially, if you aired a …

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