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But Nixon didn't invent the tactic. It was first used in the Kennedy
administration. 1) Kennedy was killed in 1963. 2) There was no Fairness Doctrine until 1969. Want to try that again? |
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"Sid Schweiger" wrote in message ... But Nixon didn't invent the tactic. It was first used in the Kennedy administration. 1) Kennedy was killed in 1963. Maybe so, but your statement... 2) There was no Fairness Doctrine until 1969. ....is quite incorrect. Quoting http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/...rnessdoct.htm: The FCC fairness policy was given great credence by the 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case of /Red Lion Broadcasting Co., Inc/. v. FCC. In that case, a station in Pennsylvania, licensed by Red Lion Co., had aired a "Christian Crusade" program wherein an author, Fred J. Cook, was attacked. When Cook requested time to reply in keeping with the fairness doctrine, the station refused. Upon appeal to the FCC, the Commission declared that there was personal attack and the station had failed to meet its obligation. The station appealed and the case wended its way through the courts and eventually to the Supreme Court. The court ruled for the FCC, giving sanction to the fairness doctrine. Point being that the Fairness Doctrine had been in place for quite some time...at least long enough that the challenge to it (which, as the article notes, failed) culminated in 1969. Another article (http://www.twf.org/News/Y1997/Fairness.html) asserts that the policy was in place in 1947 (and enforced since 1949) when the "Mayflower Doctrine", which prohibited all editorialising by broadcasters, was abandoned. Want to try that again? Indeed. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If there's nothing that offends you in your community, then you know you're not living in a free society. Kim Campbell - ex-Prime Minister of Canada - 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- For direct replies, take out the contents between the hyphens. -Really!- |
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"Sid Schweiger" wrote in message ... But Nixon didn't invent the tactic. It was first used in the Kennedy administration. 1) Kennedy was killed in 1963. Yep. 2) There was no Fairness Doctrine until 1969. What are you refering to? Want to try that again? Cite? Frank Dresser |
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