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Fix Citizens United with a new Fairness Doctrine

Created by H.R. on January 25, 2015

The Citizens United court decision has allowed anyone with a large bank account to flood the airwaves with at best one sided and often inaccurate information. One fix is a Constitutional Amendment to fix Citizens United.

There is a much simpler, more effective, solution that could be implemented by the FCC without even passing a law!

Bring back a new version of the Fairness Doctrine:

Anyone purchasing political advertising (with funds not subject to campaign donation limits) would also have to pay for

1. A rebuttal from the opposing party.

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2. An independent fact check analysis of both the original message and the rebuttal.

The rebuttal should be the same length as the original message.

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