| akuma587 said: I'm still not totally sure what the Fairness Doctrine is. |
The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that required the holders of broadcast licenses to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was honest, equitable, and balanced. The United States Supreme Court has upheld the Commission's general right to enforce such a policy where channels are limited, but the courts have generally not considered that the FCC is obliged to do so.[1] The FCC has since withdrawn the Fairness Doctrine, prompting some to urge its reintroduction through either Commission policy or Congressional legislation.[2]
It means "stifling consent" as Jack Kennedy put it and would weaken our position in talk radio and outreach. The FCC should not interfere with people's right to free speech no matter how fair they want to make it. Let the broadcasters decide and not the overextensive gov't.
