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A “distraction” that won’t go away: FCC drops Fairness Doctrine again

Apparently you can’t repeal the Fairness Doctrine too many times over at the Federal Communications Commission. Today FCC Chair Julius Genachowski announced that the policy, which the agency dumped in the 1980s, needs to be scotched yet again. An “unnecessary … finish reading A “distraction” that won’t go away: FCC drops Fairness Doctrine again

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Conservatives celebrate fall of Air America Radio

Blaming its demise on a decline in radio industry ad revenue for ten consecutive quarters, Air America Media has decided to file under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, effectively ending its six-year broadcasting run as of 9PM EST tomorrow. … finish reading Conservatives celebrate fall of Air America Radio

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The decade’s most important radio trends: #8 The Great Fairness Doctrine Panic

It was the summer of 2007. Not moments after the Republican far right triumphed over President Bush’s hated immigration reform law than Representative Mike Pence, Republican of Indiana, introduced a rider to a budgetary bill in the House that would … finish reading The decade’s most important radio trends: #8 The Great Fairness Doctrine Panic

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FCC’s Mark Lloyd: “allow me to clear away some mud”

The Federal Communications Commission’s Diversity Officer defended himself this morning from the veritable avalanche of attacks he has sustained since he took his job. Speaking at a Washington, D.C. conference, Mark Lloyd asked to be allowed to “clear away some … finish reading FCC’s Mark Lloyd: “allow me to clear away some mud”

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Fairness Doctrine phobes target FCC

Federal Communications Commission Chair Julius Genachowski is in hot water with the right wing talk radio crowd. They’ve discovered that his Associate General Counsel and Chief Diversity Officer, Mark Lloyd, is a co-author of that noted and/or notorious study, The … finish reading Fairness Doctrine phobes target FCC

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McDowell cooling off on Fairness Doctrine war?

Everybody and their mother who watches Federal Communications Commission politics wrote up pretty much everything proposed FCC Chair Julius Genachowski said at his Senate Commerce Committee nomination hearing on Tuesday. But a lot less got written about the comments of … finish reading McDowell cooling off on Fairness Doctrine war?

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