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- Title
OFFENSIVE POLITICAL SPEECH FROM THE 1970S TO 2008: A BROADCASTER'S MORAL CHOICE.
- Authors
REED-HUFF, LAVONDA N.
- Abstract
The article examines the question on whether broadcasters may morally or legally refuse to air offensive political campaigns. It cites as example the North Carolina broadcasters' refusal to air the anti-Obama political campaign in early 2008 and other offensive speeches from the 1970s to 2008. It states that broadcasters are required by their public interest responsibilities to reject hateful political speeches directed at racial minorities. It concludes by discussing the broadcasters' role and moral choices to keep integrity in the election process.
- Subjects
NORTH Carolina; LEGAL status of broadcasters; CAMPAIGN speeches; POLITICAL campaigns &; ethics; FAIRNESS doctrine (Broadcasting); BROADCASTING policy; RACIAL minorities
- Publication
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender & Class, 2008, Vol 8, Issue 1/2, p241
- ISSN
1554-4796
- Publication type
Article