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The personal attack rule was a corollary to the Federal Communication Commission's fairness doctrine that mandated response time for an individual or group attacked during "origination cablecasting" that focused on a controversial issue of public importance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FCC Fact Sheet on Cable Program Content Regulations )〕 While the fairness doctrine was repealed in 1987, the personal attack rule persisted until 2000, when it was first suspended and then abolished after an FCC comment period.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FCC News Release: FCC Suspends Political Editorial and Personal Attack Rules for 60 Days )〕 ==The mechanics of the rule== The personal attack rule was invoked whenever "an attack is made upon the honesty, character, integrity, or like personal qualities of an identified person or group" during broadcast or original cable TV programming while discussing "controversial issues of public importance."〔 After such an attack, within a week the broadcast station or cable provider responsible for the programming was required to give the person or group attacked the following: #notification and identification of the cablecast; #a script, tape or accurate summary of the attack; and #an offer of a reasonable opportunity to respond over the cable facilities.〔 Failure to abide by the personal attack rule could have resulted in FCC sanctions or a refusal to renew a broadcaster's license; however, these sanctions did not include a civil action by the party attacked and not given a satisfactory opportunity to respond.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lechtner v. Brownyard )〕 Attacks by political candidates and their supporters during mandated airtime; attacks made during newscasts, interviews, and on-the-spot news coverage; and attacks on foreign groups or foreign public figures were excluded from the rule.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Personal attack rule」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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