Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, that required the holders of broadcast licenses to both present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was, in the Commission's view, honest, equitable and balanced.
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Just as opponents of the so-called Fairness Doctrine are applauding efforts by the FCC to fully eliminate the regulation that once mandated political diversity on the airwaves, some are warning that the doctrine's proponents could pursue the same goals without the measure.
"There is no case for reinstituting the Fairness Doctrine. In fact, it would be a bad idea," Steven Waldman said Thursday, making recommendations to FCC commissioners after a two-year study. Waldman is a former journalist tapped by the FCC to spearhead the study, entitled "Information Needs of Communities."When talk of resurrecting the Fairness Doctrine -- which would allow the government to regulate the content of radio and television outlets around the country -- surfaced in recent years, skeptics quickly sounded the alarm. Many feared the two-year study would result in support for bringing back the controversial policy.The release of today's findings may come as some comfort to critics, but Commissioner Robert McDo...
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By Lanny Davis Attorney/Former White House Special CounselI believe, as former New York Governor Mario Cuomo said may years ago, that the Fairness Doctrine is basica...
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By Mark Joseph Author/ProducerI believe in the fairness doctrine: well, sort of. I live by the fairness doctrine, only it's one that I came up with and is imposed by...
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The Fairness Doctrine and 83 other "outdated and obsolete media-related rules" were tossed Monday into the regulatory dust bin of the Federal Communications Commissi...
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