A former federal policy in the US requiring television and radio broadcasters to present contrasting viewpoints on controversial issues of public importance.
Example sentencesExamples
The culture has only developed since 1987, when the fairness doctrine was abolished under Ronald Reagan; like UK regulations are supposed to today, it guaranteed balanced political representation on radio and TV networks.
Typically, this is regarded as a story of wonderfully successful deregulation, because the effects of eliminating the fairness doctrine were precisely what was sought and intended.
For someone who advocates for the fairness doctrine, you seem very resistant to hearing an opposing point of view.
The former head of CBS, Fred Friendly, describes the real effects of the fairness doctrine in his excellent book The Good Guys, the Bad Guys, and the First Amendment.
The fairness doctrine's eradication in the late '80s spurred the entire talk radio phenomenon that has swept America.
Definition of fairness doctrine in US English:
fairness doctrine
noun
A former federal policy in the US requiring television and radio broadcasters to present contrasting viewpoints on controversial issues of public importance.
Example sentencesExamples
The fairness doctrine's eradication in the late '80s spurred the entire talk radio phenomenon that has swept America.
For someone who advocates for the fairness doctrine, you seem very resistant to hearing an opposing point of view.
The culture has only developed since 1987, when the fairness doctrine was abolished under Ronald Reagan; like UK regulations are supposed to today, it guaranteed balanced political representation on radio and TV networks.
Typically, this is regarded as a story of wonderfully successful deregulation, because the effects of eliminating the fairness doctrine were precisely what was sought and intended.
The former head of CBS, Fred Friendly, describes the real effects of the fairness doctrine in his excellent book The Good Guys, the Bad Guys, and the First Amendment.