Hinchey All Pinchy

From a moronic piece in Salon calling for a possible return of the "fairness doctrine" to broadcast radio and TV:

Media consolidation "is the most critical issue facing the American people today: whether to allow a handful of people to determine what information we receive and influence the decisions we make," says Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., who will head the soon-to-be announced Media Reform Caucus in Congress. "In a free and open society, in a democratic republic, you need a free and open discussion of the issues. We don't have that today."

Whole thing here (sitting through annoying free daypass ad req).

Let's just point out two quick things: The fairness doctrine stifled political discussion. And the media consolidation bit is a bunch of malarkey. As Stan Lee might say, Read on McDuff!