The Doctrine wasn't about "facts." It was about providing opposing "viewpoints" which are literally opinions. Each of the "opposing viewpoints" aired could express lies and the Doctrine required no look into whether the viewpoint was based on credible or reliable data or not.
You're talking about a different doctrine, not the news distortion doctrine. That said, airing lies under the pretense of fairness is still lying, which is by definition news distortion. Opinions remain protected even for journalists, as should be the case.
Yes, I was talking about the Fairness Doctrine in reply to your skeet about the Fairness Doctrine and what it was about, as shown below. In that skeet, you weren't talking about the news distortion policy at all.
