POSC150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Federal Communications Commission, Fairness Doctrine, Early Voting
14 Apr 2018
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Freedom of the press means that print and online media is free from government interference. Broadcast media (radio/tv) is subject to government regulation over its content and ownership. Whenever it provides time to one candidate it must offer equal time to other candidates running for that office. Required to provide time for those who wished to express opposition to any highly controversial public issue aired or discussed on the station. Right to refute allegations of a personal nature within a reasonable amount of time. Telecommunications act (1996) did away with most regulations - most notably those which prevented mergers between telephone, cable, and. Although the number of news outlets is enormous, the number of sources of news is incredibly small. Most reports are influenced by new york times, washington post, cnn, Most internet news is simply an electronic version of news provided by these sources. Quality of media is improved by competition among many sources.
