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Rand Paul: FCC chair had "no business" intervening in ABC/Kimmel controversy

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125 points voxadam | 1 comments | 22 Sep 25 20:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ahmeneeroe-v2 ◴[22 Sep 25 21:05 UTC] No.45339423[source]▶
The FCC exists (in part) to enforce a certain morality on public broadcasters. Whatever we think about that today, that was a core responsibility of the FCC when it started and that still exists today.
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gwd ◴[22 Sep 25 21:09 UTC] No.45339461[source]▶
I'd be all for bringing back the Fairness Doctrine.

ETA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_doctrine

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1. ahmeneeroe-v2 ◴[22 Sep 25 21:11 UTC] No.45339491[source]▶
Yes please