fairness or equal time doctrine
- fairness or equal time doctrine
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Black's law dictionary.
HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A..
1990.
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fairness or equal time doctrine — This doctrine imposes affirmative responsibilities on the broadcaster to provide coverage of issues of public importance which is adequate and which fairly reflects differing viewpoints. In fulfilling its Fairness Doctrine obligations,… … Black's law dictionary
equal time doctrine — fairness or equal time doctrine This doctrine imposes affirmative responsibilities on the broadcaster to provide coverage of issues of public importance which is adequate and which fairly reflects differing viewpoints. In fulfilling its Fairness… … Black's law dictionary
equal time doctrine — fairness or equal time doctrine This doctrine imposes affirmative responsibilities on the broadcaster to provide coverage of issues of public importance which is adequate and which fairly reflects differing viewpoints. In fulfilling its Fairness… … Black's law dictionary
Equal-time rule — The equal time rule specifies that U.S. radio and television broadcast stations must provide an equivalent opportunity to any opposing political candidates who might request it. This means, for example that if a station gives one free minute to a … Wikipedia
fairness doctrine — fairness or equal time doctrine This doctrine imposes affirmative responsibilities on the broadcaster to provide coverage of issues of public importance which is adequate and which fairly reflects differing viewpoints. In fulfilling its Fairness… … Black's law dictionary
fairness doctrine — fairness or equal time doctrine This doctrine imposes affirmative responsibilities on the broadcaster to provide coverage of issues of public importance which is adequate and which fairly reflects differing viewpoints. In fulfilling its Fairness… … Black's law dictionary
fairness doctrine/equal time — Principle that U.S. media must provide time for opposing views on important social issues. ► “The Fairness Doctrine refers to a former policy of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wherein a broadcast station which presented one… … American business jargon
Fairness Doctrine — The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was (in the FCC s view) … Wikipedia
fairness doctrine — /fair nis/ a policy mandated by the Federal Communications Commission, requiring radio and television stations to grant equal time to a political candidate, group, etc., to present an opposing viewpoint to one already aired. [1965 70] * * * … Universalium
fair comment — A form of qualified privilege applied to news media publications relating to discussion of matters which are of legitimate concern to the community as a whole because they materially affect the interests of all the community. Phoenix Newspapers,… … Black's law dictionary
