Word: fcc
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...fairness doctrine, a Federal Communications Commission rule that requires broadcasters to air contrasting views on controversial public issues. A station that runs an editorial opposing nuclear power, for instance, must give the pronuclear side a chance to express its views. If the station fails to do so, it risks FCC censure; at worst, it could lose its license...
...margins, passed a measure that would codify the fairness doctrine into statute law. But the bill was vetoed by President Reagan, who called the doctrine "antagonistic to the freedom of expression guaranteed by the First Amendment." Efforts to override the veto were abandoned last week, and the deregulation-minded FCC may soon be free to repeal the rule...
...customers with computers subscribe to about 3,000 electronic-informati on services, which furnish everything from stock- price quotes to job listings. The information passes from the phone line to the computer through a connective device called a modem. These services are carried by data networks, which under the FCC plan would have to pay $4 to $5 an hour per user to local phone companies for the right to transmit and receive material over their lines. The fees would be passed on to customers and could roughly double current usage charges...
...stock response "If you don't like it, you don't have to listen" is a phony argument. No one has the right to foul the airways any more than he has a right to foul the streets. God bless those in the FCC who have the courage to try to enforce a level of decency...
...airways are really a buyer's market. If you do not like what you are hearing, you can turn it off. If enough people do not listen to a program, it becomes commercially unprofitable. The one thing I am not buying is the FCC's sanctimonious paternalism...