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FCC REMOVES "FAIRNESS DOCTRINE" AND 82 OTHER OBSOLETE RULES

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by Bob Hamilton 08/22/2011
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This is the press release issued by the FCC Today...


FCC CHAIRMAN GENACHOWSKI CONTINUES REGULATORY REFORM TO

EASE BURDEN ON BUSINESSES; ANNOUNCES ELIMINATION OF 83 OUTDATED

RULES

"Fairness Doctrine" and other obsolete provisions among those deleted; Actions consistent with Chairman Genachowski's regulatory reform agenda and commitment to act in accordance with recent Executive Order to improve regulation and regulatory review

Washington, D.C....
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Senate Passes Fairness Doctrine Ban-NAB is Happy

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by Bob Hamilton 02/26/2009
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WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted to ban the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine, a long-defunct broadcasting regulation that was taken off the books in 1987, by adopting two amendments to the D.C. House Voting Rights Act today.

The amendment sponsored by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) would not only ban the Fairness Doctrine, but it would also prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from encouraging broadcasters to air local news...

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The Fairness Doctrine-Get Ready

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by Bob Hamilton 10/27/2008
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"The Fairness Doctrine has no place in our First Amendment regime. It puts the head of the camel inside the tent and enables administration after administration to toy with TV or radio in order to serve its sordid or its benevolent ends. ...Under our Bill of Rights people are entitled to have extreme ideas, silly ideas, partisan ideas. The same is true, I believe, of TV and radio."

(Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas)

Here's an interview wit...

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ACLJ: More Than 160,000 Americans Urge U.S. House to Consider Broadcaster Freedom Act to Prevent Return of Fairness Doctrine

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by Bob Hamilton 06/30/2008
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The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), focusing on constitutional law, said today it has received more than 160,000 signatures on a petition urging the U.S. House of Representatives to consider the Broadcaster Freedom Act, a measure that would prohibit the return of the Fairness Doctrine. The ACLJ says it has received an additional 27,000 signatures in the last two weeks alone and the surge ...
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