UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal
Abstract
This note examines the history of the equal opportunity doctrine, 47 U.S.C. § 315, and its abuse by presidential incumbents during re-election campaigns. The author proposes that the FCC should adopt a news-worthiness criterion in enforcing the equal time doctrine, and discard the "legally qualified candidate's" public announcement requirement, and that the fairness and equal opportunities doctrines be incorporated into one statutory provision.
Recommended Citation
Martine Safran,
Abuse of the Equal Opportunities Doctrine by Presidential Incumbents,
4 UC Law SF Comm. & Ent. L.J. 91
(1981).
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