As a constituent, I urge you to support an alternative solution to the Fairness Doctrine that is being proposed by CeaseSPIN.org (CeaseSPIN, Inc.), a non-partisan, non-profit, media reform company. The alternative solution lays out how a News Quality Rating System will improve the quality of news without infringing on free speech and free press rights of broadcasters. The details of the proposal are available on www.ceasespin.org.

Introducing a News Quality Rating System will introduce journalistic standards and on-air content labeling to benefit the viewer, similar to how Motion Picture Assoc. of America (MPAA) rates film content. The news segment labeling is a per news story rating regime that simply makes the editorial process more transparent to consumer/viewers. This results in structural regulation around the editorial process, but not content regulation, which is a very important distinction. It provides a public interest benefit with a consumer/market based solution, that remediates the "unfair media" problem, that many Americans, like myself, want resolved.

Please review the proposal (at http://www.ceasespin.org) and support legislation that incorporates the creation of this new means of advising citizens of the level of ethical journalistic rigor associated with each news story that is broadcast on the public airwaves.

Congress must resolve the problem of biased toxic news reporting before the next election cycle. We the People want this solution NOW.