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oldmanlynn

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8. Evidently, the equal opportunities statutory law you referred to

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Sun Feb 8, 2026, 12:46 PM

9 hrs ago

Doesn’t seem to have much bite to it because nobody pays attention to that after they canceled and got rid of the fairness doctrine. I’m just curious why would they need the fairness doctrine if they had the equal time law you referred to

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US agency investigating if ABC's 'The View' violated equal time rules for political candidates [View all] BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago OP

There are no equal time rules Roy Rolling 18 hrs ago #1

You are wrong. While the FCC's Fairness Doctrine rulewas repealed, the statutory "Equal Opportunities" rule was not. onenote 9 hrs ago #5

Have they heard of "The Five" on Fox. JohnnyRingo 13 hrs ago #2

In their minds 4 to 1 is equal PatSeg 12 hrs ago #3

Maybe the View can mention them in the lawsuit as evidence of balance across Baitball Blogger 10 hrs ago #4

As noted above, the Fairness Doctrine and the Equal Opportunities aka Equal Time rule are separate. onenote 9 hrs ago #7

Evidently, the equal opportunities statutory law you referred to oldmanlynn 9 hrs ago #8

As someone who has practiced Communications Law for 45 years, I can assure you that licensees pay attention to it. onenote 9 hrs ago #9

The Equal Opportunities rule only applies to broadcast. onenote 9 hrs ago #6

They are using the fact the The View is an on-air broadcast mdbl 8 hrs ago #11

That makes sense. JohnnyRingo 6 hrs ago #12

Entertainment shows are included, but not when they do a bona fide interview. Until now. onenote 5 hrs ago #15

Equal coverage for Democrats on the evening news, FOX included. Well? twodogsbarking 8 hrs ago #10

As noted above, the equal opportunities aka equal time rule only applies to broadcast onenote 5 hrs ago #14

I was fantisizing. There is no emoji. twodogsbarking 4 hrs ago #16

Foxnews??? Smackdown2019 5 hrs ago #13