FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is cleaning out his files and has found 83 outdated and obsolete media-related rules he didn't think were necessary so in the trash they go. The Fairness Doctrine was one of the 83 to go. Genachowski has consistently and repeatedly stated his opposition to the Fairness Doctrine, which he pressed to eliminate by the end of August. The Fairness Doctrine is not currently enforced by the FCC and has not been applied for more than 20 years.
Genachowski said ?The elimination of the obsolete Fairness Doctrine regulations will remove an unnecessary distraction. As I have said, striking this from our books ensures there can be no mistake that what has long been a dead letter remains dead. The Fairness Doctrine holds the potential to chill free speech and the free flow of ideas and was properly abandoned over two decades ago. I am pleased we are removing these and other obsolete rules from our books."
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