The FCC officially ended "fairness" yesterday
According to the Washington Post's Post Tech blog, the Federal Communications Commission officially ended the 60+ year old "Fairness Doctrine", a policy (not enforced since 1987) of ensuring equal time for the airing of opposing views/opinions on the public's airwaves. I'll provide a personal perspective on this in future postings.
FCC removes Fairness Doctrine from the books
The Federal Communications Commission said Monday it has abolished a controversial speech rule known as the “Fairness Doctrine” requiring broadcasters to present opposing views of controversial issues.
The regulation, which hasn’t been enforced in two decades, has been criticized for years as an over-reach of media industry speech rights.
(more at the link provided above)
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