The FCC should remove all traces of the Fairness Doctrine...
The FCC should remove all traces of the Fairness Doctrine from agency rules, House Commerce Committee Republicans said Monday. Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., and Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., urged FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to strike FCC rules 47…
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C.F.R. Sections 73.1910, 76.209, 76.1612 and 76.1613. “Despite the FCC’s determination not to enforce the Fairness Doctrine, Commissioner [Robert] McDowell recently discovered that it still remains in the Code of Federal Regulations,” Upton and Walden wrote. “Further research has revealed that the political-editorial and personal-attack rules also remain intact despite the FCC’s decision to repeal them.” Upton and Walden asked Genachowski to respond by close-of-business Friday. The commission didn’t comment right away.