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 ...
This key research from 1993 has been updated in James Gattuso's new paper "Back to Muzak? Congress and the Un-Fairness Doctrine" http://www.heritage.org/Research/regulation ...
The doctrine that imposes affirmative responsibilities on a broadcaster to provide coverage of issues of public importance that is adequate and fairly reflects differing ...
— U.S. Supreme Court, upholding the constitutionality of the Fairness Doctrine in Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC, 1969. When the Sinclair Broadcast Group retreated from pre ...
Rush Limbaugh presses Obama to keep airwaves ‘Free’ Talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh tees off soberly from the Wall Street Journal with a well-stated plea to President Obama ...
History of the Fairness Doctrine. You may remember hearing about Sinclair Broadcast Group in October 2004. They attracted attention from other media outlets when they announced plans ...
It's as predictable as Rush Limbaugh sparking a controversy: every few years, someone in Congress brings up the Fairness Doctrine. In 1987 the FCC abolished the policy, which ...