Fairness Doctrine Act of 2008 Passes

The Fairness Doctrine Act of 2008 passes both houses and is signed into law by President Bush. The President said that while he was elected as a Republican he had come to see the error of his ways and now considers himself a liberal and globalist.
He said the new law would put a Federal Editor at each radio station in the United States in much the same way as the Department of Agriculture has inspectors in house at meat plants around the country. The Federal Editors are appointed from a pool recommended by a joint committee of the ACLU and the NPR. The authors of the bill stressed that this is not censorship but much needed editorial help and guidance provided by the Federal Government experts.
The law specifically makes it a felony for a station or station personnel to broadcast unapproved copy. The first offence carries a mandatory 2 week stay in the newly established Fairness Rehabilitation Center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. After rehabilitation the offending talk show host would be eligible for a refresher broadcast internship at CNN or MSNBC.
The success of the Fairness act on broadcasters has prompted Democratic lawmakers to construct a Blogger and Fax Machine Fairness Act for presentation to the House and Senate in 2009. Newspapers were exempted from all provisions of the Fairness Act as most reporters are respectable yellow dog Democrats and over seventy five percent of Publishers are card carrying ACLU members.