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The Senate today adopted a ban on the Fairness Doctrine—a much-maligned FCC policy from the 1940s through the 1980s that forced broadcasters using public airwaves to offer multiple points of view on controversial topics.
The ban passed 87-11 as an amendment to a voting rights bill for the District of Columbia. The amendment in question was introduced by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and would have done two things: banned the Fairness Doctrine and also prevented the FCC from passing any “public interest” rules of programming quotas.
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