{"id":6445,"date":"2011-08-22T20:10:33","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T00:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=6445"},"modified":"2011-08-22T20:10:33","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T00:10:33","slug":"fcc-eliminates-remaining-fairness-doctrine-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/08\/fcc-eliminates-remaining-fairness-doctrine-rules.html","title":{"rendered":"FCC eliminates remaining Fairness Doctrine rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watchwoman:<\/span> <\/strong>I don’t trust the FCC, Obama or the Democrats.\u00a0 They have been trying every conceivable twist to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine.\u00a0 I am suspicious of what evil ploy may be up their magicians sleeves.\u00a0 Don’t shut your eyes on this one, my friends.\u00a0 I have a very unsettled, skeptical feeling that while we’re watching their right hand the left hand is going to be up to no good!\u00a0 \u25ac\u00a0 Donna Calvin<\/strong><\/p>\n

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By Tina Nguyen 08\/22\/2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Current Chairperson of the Federal Communications Commission Julius Genachowski, Assumed Office January 29, 2009. Wikipedia reports:For Senator Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential Campaign, Genachowski was Chairperson of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Policy Working Group, which created the Obama Technology and Innovation Plan. He also advised and guided the Campaign\u2019s innovative use of technology and the Internet for grassroots engagement and participation. After the November election, he co-led the Technology, Innovation, and Government Reform Group for President-Elect Obama's Transition Team. On January 12, 2009, several news outlets reported that Genachowski would be President-Elect Obama's choice to head the FCC. This was confirmed by a press release on March 3, 2009."<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Twenty years after then-Chairman Mark Fowler and his Federal Communications Commission deemed the Fairness Doctrine unconstitutional and voted to abolish it, the Commission announced today that it would delete the remaining regulations upholding the policy.<\/p>\n

Though the doctrine, which mandated that broadcasters air contrasting viewpoints on controversial political issues, was formally abolished in spirit in 1987, some rules enforcing the doctrine remained on the FCC\u2019s books. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski cited a need to \u201cremove an unnecessary distraction\u201d in eliminating the obsolete rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I have said, striking this from our books ensures there can be no mistake that what has long been a dead letter remains dead. The Fairness Doctrine holds the potential to chill free speech and the free flow of ideas and was properly abandoned over two decades ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Created in 1949 by the FCC, the Fairness Doctrine required broadcasters to devote airtime to discussion of controversial issues of public interest in a balanced and \u201cfair\u201d manner, and in a way that would allow multiple and opposing perspectives to be expressed.\u00a0 At the time of the doctrine\u2019s creation, few radio and television stations existed in the United States, and the possibility of an ideological monopoly held by the \u201cBig Three\u201d broadcast networks was a tangible threat.<\/p>\n

The Fairness Doctrine was finally eliminated during the Reagan administration, with then-President Ronald Reagan himself calling it \u201cunconstitutional.\u201d With the proliferation of cable channels and talk radio ever since, multiple Democratic figures and lawmakers in Congress have tried to bring back the Fairness Doctrine.<\/p>\n

Along with the obsolete Fairness Doctrine rules, the FCC will eliminate rules that have a negative impact on businesses, including \u201cbroadcast flag\u201d filing requirements and proceeding rules, most created in times of broadcast monopolies.<\/p>\n

Read more: http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2011\/08\/22\/fcc-eliminates-remaining-fairness-doctrine-rules\/#ixzz1VnvuLMKT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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