...and to codify, certain requirements of the Communications Act of 1934 that ensure that broadcasters afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of...conflicting views on issues of public importance. Meaningful Expression of Democracy in America Act July 7, 2004 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications...

...events, from the obligation imposed upon them under this Act to operate in the public interest and to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views on issues of public unportance.1 1Public Law 99-500, 100 Stat. 1783-67, Oct. 18, 1986, contained the following proviso:...

...even in law, the Fairness Doctrine in the United States specifies that broadcasters have an obligation "to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion...conflicting views on issues of public importance." In practice, it is asked, would the American press ever deny an American president or member of the...

...important interests in helping "the FCC determine whether broadcasters are carrying out their 'obligations to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion...conflicting views on issues of public importance/ and whether broadcasters are too heavily favoring entertainment, and discriminating against broadcasts...

...Larry King Live. The fairness doctrine, adopted by the FCC itself in 1949, required that broadcasters "afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views on issues of public interest." But in 1987, led by its Reagan-appointed chair, Mark Fowler, the FCC ended this rule entirely....

...events, from the obligation imposed upon them under this Act to operate in the public interest and to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion...conflicting views on issues of public importance. Sec. 315 COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 180 (b) * CHARGES. — (1) IN GENERAL. — The charges made for...

...events, from the obligation imposed upon them under this chapter to operate in the public interest and to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion...conflicting views on issues of public importance. (b) The charges made for the use of any broadcasting station by any person who is a legally qualified...

...Act, written before the advent of television and not amended by the 1970s, stated that licensees must afford "reasonable opportunity for the discussion...conflicting views on issues of public importance" (emphasis added; 47 USC sec. 315 [a] 4 [1970]). 20. Cited in Lester A. Sobel, Media Controversies (New...

...broadcasters . . . from the obligation imposed upon them in this chapter to operate in the public interest and to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion...conflicting views on issues of public importance." 44 The FCC operated with the understanding that Congress had thus codified the Fairness Doctrine, and...

...based. It says that broadcasters are under an "obligation ... to operate in the public interest and to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion...conflicting views on issues of public importance." 47 ll.SC §315(a). 5. 47 tl.SC §301. 6. 47 tl.SC §§307-09. 7. Among other things, WLBT, despite...