A congressional effort to require the FCC to enforce the __________ was blocked by the Reagan administration in 1987.

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The fairness doctrine was a policy of the FCC that required broadcasters to present both sides of controversial issues in a balanced manner. In 1987, a congressional effort to require the FCC to enforce the fairness doctrine was blocked by the Reagan administration, which argued that it was a violation of the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech.

A Congressional Effort to Require the FCC to Enforce the __________