Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
Syracuse Peace Council v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 10, 1989No. Nos. 87-1516, 87-1544Published
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partWald, Chief Judge
I concur in Parts I-IV of Judge Williams’ opinion, which uphold the FCC’s decision to abrogate the second prong of the fairness doctrine as an exercise of its statutory authority to regulate in the public interest. I dissent, however, from Part V, which sustains the Commission’s decision to eliminate the fairness doctrine’s first prong, an FCC rule requiring broadcasters to “provide coverage of vitally important controversial issues of interest in the community served by the licensees.” See 1985 Fairness Report, 102 F.C.C.2d at 146. I believe that this aspect of the Commission’s decision is…
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