City Journal

A Fairness Doctrine for the Internet

The perversely named Fairness Doctrine, which threatened licensed broadcasters with fines if they didn’t “afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views,” as the government ...
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 Hill

The fairness doctrine is bad news

Edward Everett Hale, a chaplain on Capitol Hill for the early 1900s and a celebrated writer, was once asked, “Do you pray for the senators?” Hale replied, “No. I look at the senators and pray for the ...
Yahoo

Commentary: Our country needs a new version of the Fairness Doctrine

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We live in a world of partisan media, in an ecosystem in which facts can go unchecked and opinion forms the reality for many ...
National Review

Mike Pence on the Fairness Doctrine

From Mike Pence’s House website: “The American people love a fair fight, especially where the issues of the day are debated. In a free market, fairness should be determined based upon equal ...
American Enterprise Institute

Nothing Fair About the ‘Fairness Doctrine’

The Democrats in Congress have started to talk about reviving the Fairness Doctrine—the abandoned FCC policy that required broadcast outlets to present controversial public issues in what the agency ...
The American Conservative

Conservatives for the Fairness Doctrine

In many of the right’s legacy institutions, the prospect of regulating or breaking up Big Tech is regarded as an affront to any number of long-standing principles, from limited government and free ...
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 ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Martin says FCC’s fairness doctrine dead

The chairman of the FCC sought to assure lawmakers that he isn't planning to have the commission reinstate the so-called "fairness doctrine." By Brooks Boliek WASHINGTON — The chairman of the FCC ...
Heartland

Lawmakers Reject Fairness Doctrine

Abandoned some 20 years ago, the “Fairness Doctrine”–requiring public and privately owned broadcasters to provide airtime to opposing political and social viewpoints–briefly reared its head again on ...
National Review

Try Reading about the Fairness Doctrine Before You Demand Its Return

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