A Fairness Doctrine is not about squashing free speech, but it is about encouraging, enhancing, and broadening free speech.  The biggest threat to freedom is a narrow world view, a lack of education, and a lack of diversity in information.  If a person watches only Fox News, only CNN, only MSNBC, how informed are they.  They understand the liberal side, do they understand the conservative side, do they understand the moderate side.  How many people are fed up hearing that is liberal bias, that is conservative bias, and when all else fails that is un-American. 

How many news sites do you go to?  I for one, I am a political fiend probably check upwards of a 100 sites both mainstream and alternative, both within the USA and abroad, and I still feel uniformed.