The Good Guys, the Bad Guys and the First Amendment
Free Speech Vs. Fairness in Broadcasting
Published on 23. January 2013
272 pages
978-0-307-82442-4 (ISBN)
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Unlike newspapers, TV and radio broadcasting is subject to government regulation in the form of the FCC and the Fairness Doctrine, which requires stations "to devote a reasonable amount of broadcast time to the discussion of controversial issues" and "to do so farily, in order to afford reasonable opportunity for opposing viewpoints." In this provocative book, Fred W. Friendly, former president of CBS News examines the complex and critical arguments both for and against the Fairness Doctrine by analyzing the legal battles it has provoked.
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The Good Guys, the Bad Guys, and the First Amendment
Free Speech Vs. Fairness in Broadcasting
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12/1976
Random House (NY)
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1. Red Lion: The Attack Lasted Two Minutes
- 2. The Birth of the Fairness Doctrine: From Aimee Semple McPherson to Red Lion
- 3. Red Lion: Conversation in the Fish Room
- 4. Red Lion: The Race to the Circuits
- 5. Red Lion: Judgment Day in the Supreme Court
- 6. WXUR: Killing Gnats with a Sledgehammer
- 7. WLBT: Line Trouble in Mississippi
- 8. Unprotected Speech: Some Commercials May Be Hazardous to Your Health
- 9. The Paid-Time Case: The President's Use of Television
- 10. Pensions: The Broken Promise and the Splintered Bench
- 11. Distortion in the News . or about the News?: The Case against the Cronkite Show
- 12. Fair vs. Free: Squaring Tornillo and Red Lion
- 13. Escaping the Either/Or Trap
- 14. Walking the Tiger Back
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Source Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Other Books by This Author
- About the Author
