...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,...other ideas and experiences which is crucial here."). See also Lewis, A Public Right to Know about Public Institutions: The First Amendment as Sword, 1980...

...the First Amendment. Note the unusual nature of the "right" that the Court here affirmed: "the right of the public to receive suitable access to social, political, esthetic, moral, and other ideas and experiences."93 The FCC granted broadcasters a monopoly over a certain frequency in exchange for a...

...to insure that broadcasters provide adequate service to the realm of public debate: "It is the right of the public to receive suitable access to social,...constitutionally be abridged either by Congress or by the FCC."38 In Red Lion the Court acted as if it were reviewing a decision of an ordinary administrative...

...monopolization of that market, whether it be by the Government itself or a private licensee. It is the right of the public to receive suitable access to social,...constitutionally be abridged either by Congress or by the FCC.82 This vision of the First Amendment does not stress the autonomy of broadcasters with current...

...preserve an uninhibited marketplace of ideas in which truth will ultimately prevail .... It is the right of the public to receive suitable access to social,...here. That right may not constitutionally be abridged .... 105 Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC. 395 US 367, 390 (1969) . This applies to foreign ideas as...

...right-toknow basis. And in the Red LionN case, Justice Byron White spoke approvingly of "the right of the public to receive suitable access to social, political, esthetic, moral and other ideas." Two important decisions from 1979 and 1980 further advanced (even if they did not altogether clarify)...

...to insure that broadcasters provide adequate service to the realm of public debate: "It is the right of the public to receive suitable access to social,...constitutionally be abridged either by Congress or by the FCC." 38 In Red Lion the Court acted as if it were reviewing a decision of an ordinary administrative agency,...

...preserve an uninhibited marketplace of ideas in which truth will ultimately prevail .... It is the right of the public to receive suitable access to social,...here. That right may not constitutionally be abridged .... Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC. 395 US 367, 390 (1969). This applies to foreign ideas as well...

...monopolization of that market, whether it be by the Government itself or a private licensee. It is the right of the public to receive suitable access to social,...constitutionally be abridged either by Congress or by the FCC. 15 Compare this suggestion from the head of the FCC in the 1980s: "It was time to move away from thinking...

...documentaries died anyway. What is one to make of a Fairness Doctrine— designed to protect "the right of the public to receive suitable access to social, political, esthetic, moral, and other ideas and experiences"106— that does not apply to unbalanced reporting about American military strength, air...