Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Tucson: Time for Another Examination of Conscience

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Tucson: Time for Another Examination of Conscience
Some historical perspective from RFK, Jr.:
Neither Beck, Hannity nor Savage nor the hate merchants at Fox News and talk radio can claim to have invented their genre. Toxic right-wing vitriol so dominated the public airwaves from the McCarthy era until 1963 that President Kennedy, that year, launched a citizen's campaign to enforce the Fairness Doctrine, which required accuracy and balance in the broadcast media. Students, civic and religious groups filed more than 500 complaints against right-wing extremists and hate-mongering commentators before the FCC.