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Submitted: January 29, 2007 - 9:18am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 5:36am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 5:36am
THE NEEDLESS DOCTRINE
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: Editorial Staff]
[Commentary] The Fairness Doctrine -- requiring broadcasters to air multiple viewpoints on controversial subjects -- sounds fair, but making it a government regulation inhibited discussion of public affairs and led to coverage of only non-controversial issues. Yes, broadcasters use public spectrum, but government content control is not a fair price to pay for the privilege. Nor is inhibiting free speech. Media reformers should know better than to pine for the return of this antique rule, especially at a time when a rather average cable package picks up 100 channels, and the Internet offers tens of thousands of other places to get information.
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