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In 1985, under FCC Chairman Mark S. Fowler, a communications attorney who had served on Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign staff in 1976 and 1980, the FCC released its report on General Fairness Doctrine Obligations [26] stating that the doctrine hurt the public interest and violated free speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Mark S. Fowler (born October 6, 1941) served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from May 18, 1981 to April 17, 1987. Appointed by Ronald Reagan, [2] he led repeal of the Fairness Doctrine and spearheaded the deregulatory trend in telecommunications policy, and was a proponent of deregulation of television stations, and radio ownership laws.
The Reagans is a 2020 American television documentary miniseries about former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan.The four-part series was directed by Matt Tyrnauer and aired on Showtime starting on November 15, 2020.
This would allow consumers the freedom to change service providers without changing their entertainment devices. The "Third Report and Order" resulted in the top 100 U.S. television markets providing three Public-access television channels, each for Public-access television, Educational-access, or Government-access television (GATV) (PEG) use ...
The Reagans will gather around their family dinner table one last time as fans bid farewell to Blue Bloods after 14 seasons. The CBS drama premiered in 2010, documenting the lives of Police ...
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who forged a conservative revolution that transformed American politics, is pictured waving to well-wishers on the south lawn of the White House on April 25 ...
It was the Reagan FCC that abolished the fairness doctrine in 1987. [3] Dramatic changes occurred in the radio markets. A significant revision was an increase in volume of informational programming. [3] It provided evidence that the possibility of regulation can encourage a "chilling effect" on free speech. [3]
When the income limits were established under Reagan, up to 50% of a recipient’s Social Security benefits could be taxed. The bill that President Clinton signed raised that threshold to 85%.