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TwilightZone

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20. The Fairness Doctrine never had anything to do with truth in broadcasting.

Reply to Fearless (Reply #17)

Thu Nov 7, 2024, 07:50 PM

Nov 7

It required stations to cover controversial issues or issues of public interest and do so in a manner reflecting differing viewpoints.

It didn't even require them to be particularly fair in the first place.

There are many misconceptions about the Fairness Doctrine. For instance, it did not require that each program be internally balanced, nor did it mandate equal time for opposing points of view. And it didn’t require that the balance of a station’s program lineup be anything like 50/50.

A primer on the FD from FAIR:

https://fair.org/extra/the-fairness-doctrine/

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