fairness doctrine

Fairness Doctrine Panic hits FCC

Digg / Tech Industry News  Tue, 08/19/2008 - 00:40

Another Fairness Doctrine sighting this week. This one from Republican Commissioner Robert M. McDowell.


 

22 Public Interest Groups Roast FCC Smutless Broadband Plan

Digg / Tech Industry News  Tue, 07/29/2008 - 18:20

They may not agree on net neutrality or the Fairness Doctrine, advocacy groups from liberal to libertarian do concur on one issue: they hate Federal Communications Commission Chair Kevin Martin's proposal for a national broadband service with the porn filtered out.


 

Once More, With Feeling: The Fairness Doctrine Is Not Fair, Nor ...

Techdirt  Thu, 06/26/2008 - 16:55

A year and a half ago, there was this sudden burst of attention from some suggesting that the long-discredited and discarded concept of the "fairness doctrine" needed to be brought back.

The fairness doctrine is basically a requirement that whenever a TV station covers a controversial topic, it's required, by law, to give equal time to a "response." This, some people think, makes the coverage "fair." It does not.