The economy is tanking. The United States is well over a dozen notches down the global scale when it comes to broadband penetration. What does Republican Commissioner Robert M. McDowell want to talk about? The Fairness Doctrine. The commish acknowledges that, during Obama’s presidential campaign, the candidate said that he would not enforce this deservedly dead rule, but apparently that promise is not enough.
As President, the Obama administration now has “a terrific opportunity to enunciate its strong opposition to anything resembling the Doctrine,” McDowell advised during his address before the Media Institute on Wednesday.
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