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fairness doctrine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
fair-ness -doc-trine
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949 and abolished in 1987, requiring the holders of broadcast licenses (i) to present controversial issues of public importance and (ii) to do so in an honest, equitable and balanced manner.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

the fairness doctrine (canonical)

Questions

What does fairness doctrine mean?
A policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949 and abolished in 1987, requiring the holders of broadcast licenses (i) to present controversial issues of public importance and (ii) to do so in an honest, equitable and balanced manner.

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