[EAS] Fairness Doctrine backgrounder

[Gary Peterson]

I have a vague recollection that our group's communications council told us that we could refuse all political advertising.
However, if we sold time to one valid candidate, we had to sell time to all valid candidates.  If that is the situation, it would not be compelled speech, would it?
It would just grant equal access.  Not unlike what retail businesses are compelled to do.
 
Gary
mostly retired 
 
> However, I do find it interesting the government visa-vi the FCC compels
> licensees to carry the advertising of federal office candidates. More
> over, at lowest rate unit for cost.
>
> That would seem to be compelled speech far more than anything we have
> debated so far regardless of the fact there is compensation and no taking.
>
> MM