fairness doctrine
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 395 U.S. 367 - Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · 1969Most cited · 4,359 citing opinions
There is a twofold duty laid down by the FCC's decisions: the broadcaster must give adequate coverage to public issues, and coverage must be fair in that it accurately reflects the opposing views. This must be done at the broadcaster's own expense if sponsorship is unavailable.
How often courts cite the case defining “fairness doctrine”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “fairness doctrine” — 4,326 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.