FCC Officially Kills 'Fair and Balanced' Broadcast Rules | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

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[visit Picture LINK] The "Fairness Doctrine" would require equal time on every station to present the opposite point of view; for instance, a radio show that talks about the horrors of partial birth abortion would have to also equally discuss the benefits of partial birth abortion on the air.

FCC Officially Kills 'Fair and Balanced' Broadcast Rules | News and Opinion | PCMag.com:
EXCERPT   |  " ... "Although the Fairness Doctrine is now officially purged, it had essentially been off the books for decades, as it had been deemed unconstitutional in 1987, and irrelevant in the age of cable news and the Internet. Genachowski had said in June, however, that would pledge to get rid of the Fairness Doctrine as part of an executive order, issued by President Obama, to get rid of outdated regulations." (Hachman, Mark. AUG 22, 2011. HERE ) ... "

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"The elimination of the obsolete Fairness Doctrine regulations will remove an unnecessary distraction," Genachowski said in a statement. "As I have said, striking this from our books ensures there can be no mistake that what has long been a dead letter remains dead. The Fairness Doctrine holds the potential to chill free speech and the free flow of ideas and was properly abandoned over two decades ago. I am pleased we are removing these and other obsolete rules from our books." ... "


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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2391570,00.asp
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