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EDITORIAL: Fairness Doctrine 2.0

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2012, file photo, a traveler on Delta Airlines waits for her flight in Detroit. As federal regulators consider removing a decades-old prohibition on making phone calls on planes, a majority of air travelers oppose such a change, a new Associated Press poll finds on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

EDITORIAL: Turbulence at 30,000 feet

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Armstrong Williams (Credit: Howard Stirk Holdings)

Armstrong Williams, conservative columnist, to buy two television stations

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Viewers express outrage as FCC considers easing TV indecency standards

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

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FCC honcho sees waste in school Internet push

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Parents plea with FCC to keep TV’s decency rules

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Justin Timberlake reaches across Janet Jackson just before uncovering her right breast during the halftime performance at Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston in 2004. (Associated Press)

TV viewers weary of nudity and obscenity look for decency from FCC nominee

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama walks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington to board Marine One on May 9, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obama plan would expand Internet access for schools

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration: Family TV by John Camejo for The Washington Times

MAY: A la carte cable by demand

By Randolph J. May

"We have made some technical fixes and clarifying edits to the legislative language, but that's it. This is a routine step."

Sprint deal with Japanese company raises security issues

By Annie Z. Yu - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

MAY: A historian for the FCC

By Randolph J. May

**FILE** FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski (Associated Press)

Thousands slam proposal to relax FCC decency standards

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Justin Timberlake reaches across Janet Jackson just before uncovering her right breast during the halftime performance at Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston in 2004. (Associated Press)

FCC mulls relaxing rules on indecency, obscenity

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch delivers a keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform on Friday, Oct. 14, 2011, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

EDITORIAL: Let Murdoch be Murdoch

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Report: FCC Chair Genachowski to step down

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

YOUNG: Who regulates the regulators?

By Ryan Young

Rep. Tim Griffin, Arkansas Republican (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Fraud and abuse grow after subsidized telephone program expands

By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

Illustration Regulations by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

MAY: Regulators can’t be trusted to self-regulate

By Randolph J. May

Illustration: Family TV by John Camejo for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Uncle Sam’s remote control

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Phone cos. to relay 911 texts by May 2014

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press