Sentence examples for old fairness from inspiring English sources
One solution is a revival of the old fairness doctrine, applied to broadcasters.
It was against that background (Kinnock's head in a lightbulb,voters invited to switch off Britain's lights if Labour won) that Tony Blair and, later, Gordon Brown sought to appease Fleet Street's 800lb gorilla, much as US politicians were learning to appease outrageously red-neck Fox News once TV's old "fairness doctrine" had been rashly repealed.
No one has even hinted at bringing back the old Fairness Doctrine, which was honored mostly in the breach even before it was killed off in 1987.
The old Fairness Doctrine -- which admirably did establish a duty for each broadcaster to cover local issues in their communities -- was infrequently enforced and easy to avoid, as Matthew Lasar details here.
But this latest development in a new area has reopened the age-old fairness debate.
President Reagan, intensifying the debate over whether the nation's broadcasters must present opposing views of controversial issues, has vetoed legislation to turn into law the 38-year-old "fairness doctrine," the White House announced Saturday.
Try the existence of our old chums fairness and balance in reporting Jeremy Corbyn, for instance.
But the 51-year-old, in fairness, had a good reason to feel a little down on Saturday night.
Just now and again the old traditions of fairness and consideration emerge.
"Relearning some old lessons about fairness and participation," the UN says, "is the only way to eventually overcome the crisis and pursue a path of sustainable economic development". As I say, I have no dog in this race, except a belief that no one, in this sea of riches, should have to be poor.
...the future of journalism will be a hybrid future where traditional media players embrace the ways of new media (including transparency, interactivity, and immediacy) and new media companies adopt the best practices of old media (including fairness, accuracy, and high-impact investigative journalism).
