Question

How have freedom of speech and freedom of the press been affected by the Federal Communication Commission's removal of the fairness doctrine for broadcast media? Please helpp!!

Answer 1

The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, that required the holders of broadcast licenses to both present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was, in the Commission's view, honest, equitable and balanced, it's removal has led to an explosion of extremism.