Technologie i telekomunikacja · 27.12.1996

Personal Attack and Political Editorial Rules

This Public Notice invites interested parties to file updated comments in General Docket No. 83-484 concerning the Commission's proposal to repeal or modify the personal attack and political editorial rules. Comments were filed in that proceeding in 1983, but no Report and Order has been issued. The Commission has received petitions from the Radio-Television News Directors Association (``RTNDA'') and other parties urging the Commission to repeal the personal attack and political editorial rules. In addition, on September 17, 1996, RTNDA filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus, asking the Court to direct the Commission to act on a 1987 RTNDA petition seeking repeal of the rules. In view of the length of time that has passed since conclusion of the pleading cycle in General Docket No. 83-484, and in light of the Commission's subsequent decision to end enforcement of the fairness doctrine as described in the 1987 RTNDA petition, we believe it is appropriate to update the record in this proceeding by affording interested parties an opportunity to file additional comments in General Docket No. 83-484 concerning the Commission's