In contrast to its European counterparts, then, the United States by the early
twenty-ﬁrst century had taken a much more relaxed position than its European
counterparts toward the regulation of legacy media. This was driven both by the
explosion of bandwidth provided by cable and internet technology and by an
ideological shift
toward greater distrust of government regulation. The
Europeans, facing similar pressures, have themselves backed away from
pervasive state control over legacy media and permitted greater market
competition, though their public broadcasters remain powerful players in
many European countries. It is not the case, however, that the United States
never took a more European-style approach to media regulation. The Supreme
Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Fairness Doctrine in the Red Lion
case; its abolition was the result of an administrative decision on the part of
the FCC.

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