TV & VIDEO - April 8, 1987

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader and conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly were unlikely allies Tuesday in urging Congress to write broadcasting’s Fairness Doctrine into law. Schlafly complained about an “outrageous and blatant anti-Reagan bias of the TV network newscasts,” which she said had worsened since the doctrine’s proposed elimination. Nader called the doctrine “entirely appropriate.”