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 New York : Random House, 1976

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Near fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 268 pages; Description: xvi, 268 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Broadcasting--Law and legislation--United States. Broadcasting policy. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. [255]-256. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Good Guys, the Bad Guys, and the First Amendment : Free Speech Vs. Fairness in Broadcasting
• Publisher: New York : Random House
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394497252
• ISBN 13: 9780394497259
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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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.