Former NBC legal exec warns of looming threat to free speech in the U.S.
‘Localism’ is the Old TV Fairness Doctrine with a New Name, He Says
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Last updated 1/25/2012 at 3:53pm
The man who served as NBC-TV’s legal counsel for 25 years warns the FCC is poised to resurrect broad censorship rules that were revoked in 1987 because of their chilling effect on both free speech and the television press.
Corydon B. Dunham says the proposed new Localism, Balance and Diversity Doctrine could eventually also affect news on the Internet. The FCC is reportedly planning to transf...
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