Broadcast Free Speech

Broadcasters are still treated like second-class citizens under the first amendment. This section contains our work on content regulation of radio and television.

How the Republicans and Democrats Maintained Their Market Share, by David Boaz, Cato Daily Commentary, August 14, 1998.

Ads Won't Keep Kids Off Drugs, by Ryan H. Sager, Cato Daily Commentary, August 13, 1998.

With Friends Like These: Why Community Radio Does Not Need the Corporate for Public Broadcasting, by Jesse Walker, Policy Analysis No. 277, July 24, 1997. The impact of government funding on community radio.

Chilling the Internet? Lesson for FCC Regulation of Radio Broadcasting, by thomas W. Hazlett and David W. Sosa, Policy Analysis No. 270, March 19, 1997. The Fairness Doctrine.

Regulation in Newspeak: The FCC's Children's Television Rules, by Robert Corn-Revere, Policy Analysis No. 268, February 19, 1997.

Why I'm Afraid of Mandated "Educational" Television, by Solveig Bernstein, Cato Daily Commentary, More on mandated educational television, December 23, 1996.

"V" is not for Voluntary, by Robert Corn-Revere, Cato Briefing Paper No. 24, August 3, 1995.