FCC Chief Vows to Require “Equal Time” on TV for Candidates

The head of the Fed­er­al Com­mu­nic­a­tions Com­mis­sion prom­ised Thursday to en­force his agency’s reg­u­la­tions re­quir­ing tele­vi­sion sta­tions to give polit­ic­al can­did­ates equal op­por­tun­it­ies for air­time. “The rules are pretty clear. Rules are rules,” FCC Chair­man Tom Wheel­er told re­port­ers Thursday. “I hope that we have de­veloped a repu­ta­tion as folks who en­force the rules.”
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