Cutie Pi writes “In a recent Rasmussen poll looking at the public’s attitudes toward a possible revival of the fairness doctrine by the Democrats, a surprisingly massive percentage of those polled seek fairness doctrine mandates (originally intended for public airwaves) to cover the World wide web as well. It is encouraging that a minority of people feel that way, but Democrats state ‘hands-off the Internet … by a far smaller margin than Republicans and unaffiliated voters. Democrats oppose government-mandated balance on the Internet by a 48% to 37% margin. Sixty-one percent (61%) of Republicans reject government involvement in Internet content along with 67% of unaffiliated voters.’”
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