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 ...
New York Sun

The Dangers of the Fairness Doctrine

This summer, three Democratic senators have called for a return of the Fairness Doctrine, a misguided concept that required broadcasters to provide a forum for different viewpoints when discussing ...

"Viewpoint Diversity" Requirements as a New Fairness Doctrine: Chilling Effect on Controversial Faculty Speech

I have an article titled "Viewpoint Diversity" Requirements as a New Fairness Doctrine forthcoming in several months in the ...
Rochester Business JournalOpinion

Bob Savage discusses free speech, media regulations | A Guest at the Table

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Bob Savage, the owner of WYSL1040/WLEA 1480, the new home of my radio show, The ...
RBR

Fairness Doctrine to walk the plank in August

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, in response to inquiries from Republican leadership in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, has said that the Commission plans to scrub the Fairness Doctrine ...
Times-News

Edwards: 'Fairness doctrine' should be dropped

Efforts to restore the "Fairness Doctrine" as a way to counter conservative talk radio is wrong-headed and should be dropped, former National Public Radio host Bob Edwards said in a 90-minute talk in ...
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 ...
Reason

"Viewpoint Diversity" Requirements as a New Fairness Doctrine: Conclusion

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've serialized a draft of it here. There is ...
Nextgov

FCC pick backs broadband stimulus, opposes fairness doctrine

Julius Genachowski, the man nominated to head the Federal Communications Commission, said Tuesday he favors using $7 billion of stimulus money to extend broadband Internet service to consumers who ...
Penn Live

NPR: A living legacy of the Fairness Doctrine’s principles | PennLive letters

I remember living under the Fairness Doctrine. Every hour on the radio we were treated to the news. A smattering of how Barbara Hutton was spending her E F Hutton/ Woolworth fortune. Which South ...
Ars Technica

Topic: Fairness Doctrine

Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is ...