I have an article titled "Viewpoint Diversity" Requirements as a New Fairness Doctrine forthcoming in several months in the George Mason Law Review, and I've serialized a draft of it here. There is still time to edit it, so I'd love to hear people's feedback. The material below omits the footnotes (except a few that I've moved into text, marked with {}s, as I normally do when I move text within quotes); if you want to see the footnotes—or read the whole draft at once—you can read this PDF. Here is my Conclusion.
Conclusion
At many times in American history, the government has sought to promote the spread of ideas in various ways and to remove what it saw as interference with the spread of ideas. Early examples included the post office's lower rates for distributing newspapers and common