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North Dakota state Rep. Randy Boehning has come out as bisexual after a 21-year-old man claimed the Republican sent him a photo of his genitals via the gay dating site Grindr. Mr. Boehning, 52, says the man who came forward is retaliating against him for a recent vote against expanding gay rights, The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead reported. Dustin Smith, 21, contacted the newspaper earlier this month, saying he recognized Mr. Boehning from Grindr, chatting under the user name Top Man! According to exchanges reviewed by The Forum, Mr. Boehning sent Mr. Smith an unsolicited photo of his penis on March...

Telecommunications Act of 1996 Death of the Fairness Doctrine By Matthew Spitzer FACSNET Scholar Posted to FACSNET July 2, 1999 / revised Feb. 3, 2000 The fairness doctrine required broadcasters to cover controversial issues of public importance, and, when doing so, to provide reasonable opportunities for contrasting views on the controversial issue. Although the public justification for this two-part doctrine stood on the need to increase the quantity and quality of public affairs programming, the political purpose was likely to alter the tone of broadcast public affairs speech to be more centrist, and to blunt the force of trenchant...