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08 05 2009

FCC's Copps: Forget About Fairness Doctrine - Mediapost.com

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FCC's Copps: Forget About Fairness Doctrine
Mediapost.com, NY
by Erik Sass, 9 minutes ago The Democratic acting chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Michael Copps, has urged members of the FCC's new Diversity Committee not to bring back the Fairness Doctrine, which required local broadcasters to …
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08 05 2009

A Fairness Doctrine For Academia - Huffington Post

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A Fairness Doctrine For Academia
Huffington Post, NY
raman amplifierThis story is fundamentally about fairness and the attempt to achieve it. What is presented as expertise may sometimes be merely preference ("taste"), described in depersonalized language. The reciprocal recognition of authority is central to the …

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08 05 2009

Copps: Fairness Doctrine wrong way to boost minority voices - SmartBrief

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Copps: Fairness Doctrine wrong way to boost minority voices
SmartBrief, DC
The revival of the Fairness Doctrine should not be part of the FCC's Diversity Committee agenda, because the controversial policy won't solve the issue of increasing the minority and female ranks in broadcasting, Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps told …
Copps: Tying Diversity To Fairness Doctrine Is Issue Mongering Broadcasting & Cable
Judicial Watch Uncovers New FCC Documents on Fairness Doctrine Debate Earthtimes (press release)
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08 05 2009

FCC Chairman Says No To Fairness Doctrine - FMQB

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FCC Chairman Says No To Fairness Doctrine
FMQB, NJ
At the inaugural meeting of the FCC's re-chartered Diversity Committee, acting Chairman Michael Copps made it clear that he in no way supports resurrecting the FCC's Fairness Doctrine, which was a rule the Commission dropped more than two decades ago …
Copps: Tying Diversity To Fairness Doctrine Is Issue Mongering Broadcasting & Cable
Judicial Watch Uncovers New FCC Documents on Fairness Doctrine Debate Earthtimes (press release)
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08 05 2009

Copps: Fairness Doctrine A 'Straw Man' - Streaming Magazine

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Copps: Fairness Doctrine A 'Straw Man'
Streaming Magazine, FL
Copps then addressed those who have raised the concern that FCC diversity policies may be used as a backhanded way to resurrect the Fairness Doctrine. He said, "Those who claim that promoting diversity and addressing the woeful effects of past …

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08 05 2009

It's like GOP Reefer Madness, the book edition - Media Matters for America

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It's like GOP Reefer Madness, the book edition
Media Matters for America, DC
And I'm sure it will find an audience because conservatives, apparently, love to keep each other up at night recounting ghost stories about how Democrats are going to ravage the AM dial by bringing back the Fairness Doctrine, a long-forgotten FCC …

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08 05 2009

Rosen: An assault on the First Amendment - Denver Post

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Rosen: An assault on the First Amendment
Denver Post, CO
Their opening gambit was an attempt to resurrect the Fairness Doctrine, repealed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1987 during the Reagan administration. That was an idea whose time had long since passed. In the infancy of radio and …

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