General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: What The Hell Happened? [View all]FailureToCommunicate
(14,027 posts)politics (the little that there still was).
Ended by FCC commission vote 4-0 in 1987:
Sitting commissioners at the time of the vote were:[30][31]
Dennis R. Patrick, Chairman, Republican
(Named an FCC commissioner by Ronald Reagan in 1983)
Mimi Weyforth Dawson, Republican
(Named an FCC commissioner by Ronald Reagan in 1986)
Patricia Diaz Dennis, Democrat
(Named an FCC commissioner by Ronald Reagan in 1986)
James H. Quello, Democrat
(Named an FCC commissioner by Richard M. Nixon in 1974)
"The FCC vote was opposed by members of Congress who said the FCC had tried to "flout the will of Congress" and the decision was "wrongheaded, misguided and illogical.".[29] The decision drew political fire, and cooperation with Congress was one issue.[32] In June 1987, Congress attempted to preempt the FCC decision and codify the Fairness Doctrine,[33] but the legislation was vetoed by President Ronald Reagan. Another attempt to revive the doctrine in 1991 was stopped when President George H.W. Bush threatened another veto."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine