[leereeves]

> a company is free to exercise its speech

It wasn't always like that. We used to have rules like common carrier restricting the phone company, the fairness doctrine restricting television networks, and campaign finance rules restricting other media.

We truly live in the golden age of corporate power.

[bogwog]

> the fairness doctrine restricting television networks

We seriously need that one back

[Trill-I-Am]

So that MSNBC could’ve been forced to air pro-Trump defenses?

[leereeves]

Yes. And Fox could have been forced to air criticism, and in both cases fewer Americans would live in echo chambers.

Media partisanship is misinforming and dividing Americans.