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- 1. a former federal policy in the US requiring television and radio broadcasters to present contrasting viewpoints on controversial issues of public importance.
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Former US broadcasting policy
The fairness doctrine of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, was a policy that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that fairly reflected differing viewpoints. In 1987, the FCC abolished the fairness doctrine, prompting some to urge its reintroduction through either C... Wikipedia