<P> Media reform organizations such as Free Press feel that a return to the Fairness Doctrine is not as important as setting stronger station ownership caps and stronger "public interest" standards enforcement (with funding from fines given to public broadcasting). </P> <P> Under the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, the FTC requires that all' consumer commodities' bear a label with an accurate' statement identifying the commodity' . If revenue - generating commercial broadcasts (whether by radio, tv, or internet) are a' consumer commodity', then they must be accurately labeled . That would seem to preclude' News' that is not genuine,' Opinion' that is not the author's actual opinion, or' Analysis' that is not at least arguably analytical . Note that in general the FTC only has authority over commercial aspects (pertaining to revenue) rather than speech . </P> <P> In an August 13, 2008 telephone poll released by Rasmussen Reports, 47% of 1,000 likely voters supported a government requirement that broadcasters offer equal amounts of liberal and conservative commentary, while 39% opposed such a requirement . In the same poll, 57% opposed and 31% favored requiring Internet websites and bloggers that offer political commentary to present opposing points of view . By a margin of 71% - 20% the respondents agreed that it is "possible for just about any political view to be heard in today's media" (including the Internet, newspapers, cable TV and satellite radio), but only half the sample said they had followed recent news stories about the Fairness Doctrine closely . (The margin of error was 3%, with a 95% confidence interval .) </P> <P> In June 2011, the Chairman and a subcommittee chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, both Republicans, said that the FCC, in response to their requests, had set a target date of August 2011 for removing the Fairness Doctrine and other "outdated" regulations from the FCC's rulebook . </P>

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