COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman SAMUEL N. FRIEDEL, Maryland JOHN JARMAN, Oklahoma HORACE R. KORNEGAY, North Carolina FRED B. ROONEY, Pennsylvania DAVID E. SATTERFIELD III, Virginia W. S. (BILL) STUCKEY, JR., Georgia WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, Illinois W. E. WILLIAMSON, Clerk KENNETH J. PAINTER, Assistant Clerk ANDREW STEVENSON Professional Staff WILLIAM J. DIXON SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS 1 HASTINGS KEITH, Massachusetts DONALD G. BROTZMAN, Colorado ROBERT W. LISHMAN, Chief Counsel S. ARNOLD SMITH, Attorney TERRY TURNER, Special Assistant Springer is an ex officio member of the subcommittee with voting privileges. CONTENTS Alexander, Herbert E., director, Citizens Research Foundation, Barrow, Roscoe L., Wald professor of law, College of Law, University Bell, Howard H., president, American Advertising Federation, com- Crouse, Jay, president, Radio TV News Directors Association, present- Frank, Reuven, executive vice president, NBC News, presenting paper No. 4-The effect of the fairness doctrine on broadcast news Furber, Lincoln M., public affairs director, WETA-TV, channel 26, Harley, William G., president, National Association of Educational Broadcasters, presenting paper No. 5-The effect of section 315 and the fairness doctrine on educational broadcasting_ Hyde, Rosel H., Chairman, Federal Communications Commission__ Jaffe, Louis L., Byrne professor of law, Harvard University, presenting paper No. 8-The fairness doctrine, equal time, reply to personal attacks, and the local service obligation; implications of technological Lower, Elmer W., president, ABC News, presenting paper No. 1-The 145 106 34 Pilpel, Mrs. Harriet F., radio-television committee chairman, American 85 Robinson, Glen O., associate professor of law, University of Minne- sota Law School, presenting paper No. 3-The fairness doctrine, the law, and policy in its present application__ Siepmann, Charles A., professor emeritus, New York University, Stanton, Dr. Frank, president, Columbia Broadcasting System, pre- senting paper No. 2-The equal time requirements of section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934. Wasilewski, Vincent T., president, National Association of Broadcasters, Biographical sketches of panel members_. Papers presented and comments thereon Paper No. 1-The role and influence of radio and television in the formation of public opinion: Comparison with newspapers, magazines, and specialized journals of opinion. Page 34 Comment... Paper No. 2-The equal time requirements of section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934_. Comment.. Paper No. 3-The fairness doctrine, the law, and policy in its present application. Comment_ Paper No. 4-The effect of the fairness doctrine on broadcast news operations.. Comment.. Paper No. 5-The effect of section 315 and the fairness doctrine on educational broadcasting 102 Comment.. 106 Paper No. 6—The effect of the fairness doctrine on the broadcasting of public controversy. 110 Comment_ 115 Paper No. 7—The fairness doctrine: Its use and application. 145 Comment.. 152 Paper No. 8 The fairness doctrine, equal time, reply to personal attacks, and the local service obligation; implications of technological change.. 162 Comment.. 169 Additional material submitted for the record by Columbia Broadcasting System, memorandum regarding advice given by the law department to CBS News concerning proposed documentary on George Wallace....... Federal Communications Commission: Correspondence concerning compliance of fairness doctrine and Handling of fairness_doctrine as distinguished from personal Broadcasting stations and daily newspapers in the five largest Appendixes: Commercial broadcast stations on the air, and daily and Sunday newspapers, in the United States, by States, as of 1965..... Appendix A-Legislative history of the fairness doctrine, a special subcommittee staff study, February 1968--- Appendix B-Applicability of the fairness doctrine to cigarette adver- 219 243 |