As the founding president of Air America Radio, I believe that for the last eight years Rush Limbaugh and his ilk have been cheerleaders for everything wrong with our economic, foreign and domestic policies. But when it comes to the Fairness Doctrine, I couldn't agree with them more. The Fairness Doctrine is an anachronistic policy that, with the abundance of choices on radio today, is entirely unnecessary.

-- Jon Sinton in today's Wall Street Journal.

I would hate to see a reimposition of the Fairness Doctrine for another reason: it would put the government back into the business of regulating broadcast content. Last thing we need.

Did you know the Fairness Doctrine (b 1949, d. 1987) applied only to the holders of broadcast licenses, and never to cable TV?

And what's an ilk -- and do I have one?

Jack Rose '70