Proper noun
the fairness doctrine
(US, broadcasting, historical) A policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949 and abolished in 1987, requiring the holders of broadcast licenses (i) to present controversial issues of public importance and (ii) to do so in an honest, equitable and balanced manner.
Net neutrality would require that every search engine produce an equal number of results that satisfy every disagreement about [every] issue... Just think of it as Fairness Doctrine for the Internet. I'm not making this up. Rush Limbaugh
Since 2003, Rush Limbaugh, who got his working in radio as a teenager in the mid-1960s, has mentioned the Fairness Doctrine on nearly 150 episodes. Source: Internet
Politically oriented talk radio seeAlso seeAlso The United States saw dramatic growth in the popularity of talk radio during the 1990s due to the repeal of the Federal Communications Commission 's post-war Fairness Doctrine of 1949, in 1987. Source: Internet
Unrestrained (by the Fairness Doctrine,) cheering for one's political party, and especially against the other, had become popular entertainment which rapidly changed the way politics nationally was discussed, perceived, and conducted. Source: Internet
The Reagan administration shelved the Fairness Doctrine in 1987. Source: Internet
You could bring back the Fairness Doctrine and regulate the news with the FCC, but something something tyranny to shareholders originalism. Source: Internet