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You said it like it's an unthinkable thing to do, but it used to be a policy - FCC fairness doctrine.
by ttt0 6y ago
You said it like it's an unthinkable thing to do, but it used to be a policy - FCC fairness doctrine.
- schoen 6y agoThough the FCC's justification for the Fairness Doctrine was akin to part of their justification for prohibiting profanity in broadcasts: the huge scarcity of broadcast spectrum and the relatively small number of channels that could exist in a particular media market. They never attempted to apply the Fairness Doctrine to media other than licensed broadcast stations, and, when they repealed it, they noted that broadcasters would then have the same editorial freedom as print publishers -- who are allowed to be biased and treat others' viewpoints unfairly.