Forty-seven per centum of the U.S. population believes that the authorities should reimpose the Fairness Doctrine requiring radio and TV stations of the Cross to correspondence political comments equally 'tween conservatives and liberals. Thirty-nine percent says that broadcasting should remain unregulated on that score, according to a survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports. The Fairness Doctrine was terminated in 1987 by the Reagan administration. In a similar survey conducted in July 2007 Americans were institute to be evenly dual-lane on the issue. Democrats have been pressing for a bring back of the Fairness Doctrine, primarily because of the domination of talk radio receiver by conservatives. It should come as no surprisal, therefore, that the review found that 54 pct of Democrats favor a return of the Fairness Doctrine while 26 per centum do not; Republicans and independents ar equally divided on the matter, the study found.
15/08/2008
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