But with the diversification in partisan viewpoints in media overthe last several years, enabled by the rise of talkradio and Fox News, and by the proliferation of opinion on the internet, journalistic gatekeepers on both sides of the ideological divide have knocked down the old pretense.
Conservative talkradio has worked itself into a tizzy lately overthe rumored revival of the Fairness Doctrine -- the FCC policy that sought to enforce balanced discussion on the nation's airwaves.