The Good Guys, the Bad Guys, and the First Amendment: Free Speech vs. Fairness in Broadcasting

Friendly, Fred W

ISBN 10: 0394497252 / ISBN 13: 9780394497259

Published by Random House, 1976

About this Item

First edition inscribed by the author to Janet Murrow, broadcaster and wife of Edward R. Murrow. VG/VG+. Minimal wear to jacket. Price is intact on flap. Very light foxing to edges. Text is clean.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Good Guys, the Bad Guys, and the First Amendment: Free Speech vs. Fairness in Broadcasting
• Publisher: Random House
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394497252
• ISBN 13: 9780394497259
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Weight: 2 ounces

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Synopsis

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.