The Fairness Doctrine was a U.S. communications policy established by the FCC to guarantee that controversial issues would have a fair and balanced coverage by licensed radio and television broadcasters.
The Radio Act (1927) had already established that licensed broadcasters should serve the public interest, and the Federal Communications Act (1934) created the FCC to ensure that.
By 1949, the commission´s report "In the Matter of Editorializing by Broadcast Licensees" defined the public interest provisions and demanded a basic standard of fairness in broadcasting.
They explain through stories and tales how the world came into existence, and characters are animals, spirits, powerful beings, or people. The Haida and Maori view similarly that every thing on Earth had a "spirit" or power.
