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Submitted: February 16, 2009 - 4:05pm
Last updated: February 16, 2009 - 4:05pm
Last updated: February 16, 2009 - 4:05pm
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Broadcasting&Cable
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John Eggerton
Members of Congress are still discussing the return of the Fairness Doctrine, either in its previous incarnation or in a new form. And all the talk is fanning the flames of broadcaster concerns. Federal Communications Commission member Robert McDowell helped ignite a new round of debate with a lengthy speech on the topic two weeks ago. The doctrine, which was scrapped by the FCC in 1987, required broadcasters to air both sides of controversial issues. White House senior adviser David Axelrod would not comment on the possible reintroduction of the FCC's fairness doctrine Sunday, saying that would be up to the president and his new FCC chairman, Julius Genachowski.
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