FCC fairness doctrine required the news to be “honest, equitable, and balanced”

"The fairness doctrine of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, was a policy that required the holders of broadcast licenses to both present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was honest, equitable, and balanced.

The FCC eliminated the policy in 1987."

This seems relevant for a medium where the spectrum is finite, not the Internet

Wow. Very interesting.