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WorldNetDaily.com

Aaron Klein

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich was one of the sponsors of the Fairness in Broadcasting Act of 1987, which would have turned the controversial so-called Fairness Doctrine into law.

Gingrich, however, currently states on his official campaign website he opposes the doctrine.

A section of Newt.org entitled "Answering the attacks," states: "Newt does not support the Fairness Doctrine, and he has been vocally critical of the left's efforts to reinstate the doctrine over the past decade, including supporting Mike Pence's bill that prohibited government censorship in radio in 2007."

In 1987, Gingrich was singing a different tune.

At the time, a national debate was raging about whether to abolish the Doctrine.

In June 1987, Gingrich was one of 71 co-sponsors of the Fairness in Broadcasting Act of 1987, which would have codified the Fairness Doctrine in federal law, as Pajamas Media noted last April, before Gingrich joined the 2012 presidential race.

President Reagan vetoed the congressional bill.

In August 1987, the FCC officially eliminated the Fairness Doctrine.

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