[EAS] Fairness Doctrine backgrounder

[Suzanne Goucher]

Stations can decline advertising from state and local candidates, but they must accept ads from federal candidates.  As previously noted, Congress writes the federal laws.  If a station accepts ads from one candidate in a state or local race, it must accept ads from all candidates in that same race.

Suzanne Goucher

> On Aug 30, 2016, at 7:49 AM, Gary Peterson <kzerocx at rap.midco.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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