Mayflower doctrine
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mayflower-doctrine-303-12331520
title:
Mayflower doctrine
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The Mayflower doctrine was a mandate implemented by the U.S. Government Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that required American radio broadcasters to "provide full and equal opportunity for the presentation to the public all sides of public issues". The doctrine was the predecessor of the fairness doctrine that was introduced by the FCC in 1949. The FCC believed that broadcasters had a duty to the public because of their position as gatekeepers of the news. Their belief was that a democra
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American federal broadcasting regulation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_doctrine
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2023-06-30T09:32:56Z
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