How to Use fairness doctrine in a Sentence

fairness doctrine

noun

• Trump, though, appeared to be conflating the FCC‘s equal time rule with the fairness doctrine.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
• Trump’s comments appeared to allude to the FCC’s fairness doctrine, which required networks holding broadcast licenses to reflect different viewpoints on hot-button issues.
  — Brett Samuels, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
• In 1987, the FCC also abolished the fairness doctrine, which required broadcasters to provide differing viewpoints when covering issues of public importance.
  — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
• From 1949 to 1987, the Federal Communications Commission held radio and television stations to a standard requiring them to air opposing sides of public issues of importance, a policy known as the fairness doctrine.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 May 2026
• Trump’s comment’s appeared to allude to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) fairness doctrine, abolished in 1987 in the Reagan era, which required networks with broadcast licenses to reflect different viewpoints on major issues, The Hill’s Brett Samuels reports.
  — Jared Gans, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025