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Pantagruel

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5. Another fairness doctrine believer

Reply to Pantagruel (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 10, 2021, 07:59 PM

Jan 2021

BK.

"We need to rein in fake news like FOX, OAN, NewsMax. We actually did so as a nation in 1949. Congress passed the "Fairness Doctrine" requiring broadcast licensees to give "honest, equitable & balanced" coverage of news. President Reagan ended it in 1987. We need to reinstate it."

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