What To Know About The FCC Rule At The Center Of Trump Administration Efforts To Crack Down On Stephen Colbert And Other Late-Night Hosts

When Stephen Colbert announced that CBS restricted him from airing an interview with a Democratic candidate, it set off a ...
Radio World

Is the Fairness Doctrine returning?

The FCC is not likely to re-impose the Fairness Doctrine, but Congress might still act to re-impose such a regulatory scheme. The Fairness Doctrine, introduced in 1949, required broadcasters to cover ...
The Atlantic

Talk Radio's Long War on the Fairness Doctrine Is Over

Right-wing radio's long battle against the Fairness Doctrine is over. Today, Federal Communications Commission chief Julius Genachowski said he's removing the Fairness Doctrine from the agency's ...
Tulsa World

Dangerously unfair 'fairness doctrine'

Many liberals believe they are far more firm in their support of freedom of speech than many conservatives. A strong argument against this stereotyping of both sides is the current campaign to restore ...
The Bismarck Tribune

Letter: NPR, PBS still follow the Fairness Doctrine

In 1949, the Fairness Doctrine was created to replace the earlier Mayflower Doctrine. The Fairness Doctrine was created because lawmakers were concerned that the three mega media networks, ABC, CBS, ...
Reason

"Viewpoint Diversity" Requirements as a New Fairness Doctrine: Tool for Goverment Control, and Magnitude of Bias

I have an article titled "Viewpoint Diversity" Requirements as a New Fairness Doctrine forthcoming in several months in the George Mason Law Review, and I wanted to serialize a draft of it here. There ...
The Hill

White House: Obama Opposes Fairness Doctrine

President Obama opposes a revival of the “Fairness Doctrine,” a rule that requires broadcasters to provide opposing viewpoints on controversial issues, the White House has told Fox News. “As the ...