...ignores the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Red Lion case 2 which states that it is the right of the viewers and listeners, not the right of the broadcasters, which is paramount. The Supreme Court states “. . . the people as a whole retain their Interest in free speech by radio...

...privilege of using scarce radio frequencies as proxies for the entire community." 295 US 367, 394. "It is the right of the viewers and listeners, not...the right of the broadcasters, which is paramount.' Id. at 390. To scrap the fairness doctrine would subordinate the right of the viewers and listeners...

...interference with the right of free speech by means of radio communication." But the opinion proclaimed "that It is the right of the viewers and listeners, not the right of the broadcaster, which is paramount." Justice Byron White, writing for the unanimous Court, stated: "There...

...the Supreme Court held unanimously that the Fairness Doctrine Is constitutional. Th« court held that "It is the right of the viewers and listeners, not...the right of the broadcasters, which is paramount" and that "There is no sanctuary in the First Amendment for unlimited private censorship operating in...

...US 389. 89 395 US 392. 90 Associated Press v. United States, 326 US i, 20 (1945). 91 395 US 387. 92 "It is the right of the viewers and listeners, not...the right of the broadcasters, which is paramount" (395 US 390). 93 395 US 390. 94 395 US 394. 95 418 US 241 (1974). 96 Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 US 665...

...J.) (repeating that '"[s]peech concerning public affairs ... is the essence of self-government' ") ("It is the right of the viewers and listeners, not...the right of the broadcasters, which is paramount. ... It is the right of the public to receive suitable access to social, political, esthetic, moral,...

...not only with the First Amendment, but with the Supreme Court's interpretation of it in Red Lion that "it is the right of the viewers and listeners, not...the right of the broadcasters, which is paramount." Reasons for the First Amendment And when the application of the general language, "Congress shall make...

...reply." (Newscasts and, in general, remarks by political candidates were exempt.) The court stated: It is the right of the viewers and listeners, not the right of the broadcasters, which is paramount. ... It does not violate the First Amendment to treat licensees given the privilege of using scarce...

...the Court followed with a statement which, to someone unfamiliar with Meiklejohn, would be startling: "It is the right of the viewers and listeners, not the right of the broadcasters, which is paramount."25 The Court squarely adopted a listeners'-right-to-know model, which explains the previous...

...unique medium."8 While broadcasters surely have First Amendment interests deserving of protection, it is "the right of the viewers and listeners, not the right of the broadcasters, which is paramount."9 Now, there is a devastating — even embarrassing — deficiency in this analysis. These...