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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: 0.202s | 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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smegger001 ◴[22 Sep 25 21:31 UTC] No.45339745[source]▶
problem is who gets to decide that both sides are bing presented fairly? do you think that Fox Newsmax and OAN are going to be under the same pressure to give the liberal viewpoint as MSNBC and CNN will to show a righting viewpoint?
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1. koolba ◴[22 Sep 25 21:47 UTC] No.45339957[source]▶
> problem is who gets to decide that both sides are bing presented fairly?

There’s also more than two sides to an issue.

The supposed fairness doctrine was utter nonsense for many many reasons.