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Submitted: July 12, 2007 - 10:04am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 8:10am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 8:10am
FAIRNESS DOCTRINE BLOCKING LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN HOUSE
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Led by former talk radio host Mike Pence (R-IN), a group of House members have introduced a bill that would block the reimposition of the Fairness Doctrine, mirroring a similar Senate bill sponsored by John McCain (R-Ariz.).
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6459483.html?rssid=193
* Pence calls for passage of Broadcaster Freedom Act
http://mikepence.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=69113
* A warning to talk radio
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070712/commonlede.art.htm
* NAB Opposes Fairness Reinstatement
http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2007/07/11/daily.13/
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