FCC Strikes Fairness Doctrine From Rule Book
More than 80 outdated rules removed for good
The Federal Communications Commission announced today that it has eliminated more than 80 outdated media-related rules, including the controversial Fairness Doctrine, which, until it was halted in the 1980s, required broadcasters to include different viewpoints on “issues of public importance.”
“The elimination of the obsolete Fairness Doctrine regulations will remove an unnecessary distraction,” FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said in a statement. “As I have said, striking this from our books ensures there can be no mistake that what has long been a dead letter remains dead.”
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