Selects: How the Fairness Doctrine Worked
Stuff You Should Know
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4.5 • 82.9K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Back in the day, broadcasters were bound by law to provide contrasting opinions on political matters. Why? Because of the Fairness Doctrine. What happened to it? Listen to this classic episode and find out.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.8 | Hey guys, it's me, Josh, and for this week's episode, I've chosen our 2022 episode on the Fairness Doctrine. |
| 0:12.3 | It's been coming up all over the place lately, so I thought it was high time that we released it as a select. |
| 0:17.9 | And I went back and listened to this one, And I found that Chuck just kind of sat back |
| 0:22.3 | and really just let me go. And I really appreciate him for that because this one really got my goat. |
| 0:29.2 | Enjoy. |
| 0:34.1 | Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of IHeart Radio. |
| 0:43.4 | Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh Clark, and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant, and there's Jair Dog, the Rowland of all time over there, and this is stuff you should know wow i got to pep it up a little bit |
| 0:59.9 | is that what that was oh you got to screw it up a little bit that's what i meant to say speaking of screwing up |
| 1:08.6 | uh-huh chicago illinois is screwing up, Chicago, Illinois is screwing up. |
| 1:13.4 | It is. |
| 1:14.5 | I was trying to think about this, like, which approach should we take? |
| 1:18.5 | Should we just outright lie and say, like, there's very few tickets left, so you better |
| 1:22.3 | go get them now? |
| 1:23.2 | No. |
| 1:23.8 | Or should we shame them and say there are plenty of tickets left, a disappointing amount of tickets left? |
| 1:29.5 | I think we should just be honest and not shame them. But express our disappointment. Nothing works better than disappointment. |
| 1:38.7 | You know, Chicago, we really expected a little more from you than this. |
| 1:46.0 | So if you're confused about what we're talking about, it's probably because you haven't heard, |
| 1:52.0 | and that's our fault, about our live shows coming up, all around the country, to cities |
| 1:58.5 | we've never been to before. |
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