Can a 21st Century Fairness Doctrine Restore the Truth in Media? “Ronald Reagan standing at a presidential podium with the U.S. flag and blue curtains behind him.

Can a 21st Century Fairness Doctrine Restore the Truth in Media?

06/13/2026 Clocking It: The Political Rundown — The Verdict Earlier this week, Halfway Clocked documented the moment the American media landscape revealed itself in microcosm. Donald Trump, sitting president, walked into Madison Square Garden. He was booed thunderously by 20,000 New Yorkers. Video evidence captured every second of it. And yet, within hours, a parallel reality had been constructed: Fox News aired a misleading clip … Continue reading Can a 21st Century Fairness Doctrine Restore the Truth in Media?

Trump Booed: The Death of the Fairness Doctrine and the Rise of “Two Realities” in American Media: Front entrance of the FCC building

Trump Booed: The Death of the Fairness Doctrine and the Rise of “Two Realities” in American Media

06/09/2026 Clocking It: The Political Rundown — Halfway Clocked On a Monday night in June, Donald Trump walked into Madison Square Garden as the first sitting president in history to attend an NBA Finals game. He walked out to the sound of something he has spent a lifetime trying to outrun: the truth being witnessed by 20,000 people at once. The first sitting U.S. president … Continue reading Trump Booed: The Death of the Fairness Doctrine and the Rise of “Two Realities” in American Media