FCC Chairman: Fairness Doctrine Is Dead

Hollywood Reporter Via AdWeek:

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission sought to assure lawmakers that he isn't planning to have the FCC reinstate the so-called "fairness doctrine."

In a letter to Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., that was made public Thursday, FCC chairman Kevin Martin said the agency found no compelling reason to revisit its 1987 decision that enforcing the federal rule was not in the public interest.

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