Politics > Politics-USA > Rightard feds probe fake news on 77 rightard stations - gee will there be a coverup?
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"robin hood zorrro" |
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14 Aug 2006 10:29:04 PM |
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Rightard feds probe fake news on 77 rightard stations - gee will there be a coverup? |
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002986110
Feds Probe "Fake News" at 77 Stations
Todd Shields
AUGUST 14, 2006 -
Federal regulators are asking scores of broadcasters whether they
failed to tell viewers about the sponsors behind corporate video
releases presented as news, a practice criticized by watchdog groups
who say showing "fake news" is an illegal breach of trust with local
communities.
The Federal Communications Commission has issued 42 formal letters of
inquiry to holders of 77 broadcast licenses, the office of Commissioner
Jonathan Adelstein said Monday.
"The public has a legal right to know who seeks to persuade them so
they can make up their own minds about the credibility of the
information presented," Adelstein said.
"Shoddy practices make it difficult for viewers to tell the difference
between news and propaganda."
In April, Free Press and the Center for Media and Democracy filed a
complaint with the FCC after the center conducted a study finding
unattributed video news releases had been aired at 77 stations.
It said owners of those stations included Sinclair Broadcast Group,
News Corp.'s Fox Television Stations, Clear Channel Communications,
Tribune Co. and Viacom/CBS.
The non-profit groups said the practice "has infiltrated broadcast news
programming across the country."
The FCC did not immediately release who received its letters, which
Reuters reported were to have been sent on Friday.
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I'm sure you can guess how *that* investigation's gonna come out.
Harry
(see all of Harry Hope's excellent posts as they break, put this link
in your browser, use it, this is a search on google groups, on the
author Harry Hope sorted by date... nothing fancy):
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=&start=0&scoring=d&enc_author=-nIhFBQAAACtBOUGAhN9cSve8yYdFJBuOPANdqfI6prRsqjc7uCt1A&
With history moving so fast these days you might also want to sort
Harry Hope's posts by "relevance" particulary if the lies and
misdirection that we are all being sujected to by the extensive Bush
Crime Family Propagand machine are confusing you. Using the "sort by
relevance" option has a way of letting you take in the big picture.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=&start=0&enc_author=-nIhFBQAAACtBOUGAhN9cSve8yYdFJBuOPANdqfI6prRsqjc7uCt1A&
NOVEMBER IS IMPEACHMENT REFERENDUM OF THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY...do your
part to save mankind.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/29/193445/904
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:n0QU-xqpkkIJ:www.apfn.org/pdf/DIY.pdf+do+it+yourself+impeachment&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10
(the above link is the html version of a pdf file... please click on
the pdf link it brings up and download the form that lets you help in
getting Bush impeached... you need Adobe to read and print the form)
Note there are also clauses in the Constitution by which we can get
impeached all the corrupt judges that the impeached Bush has stacked
the courts with....
Do Not Give Up Hope.
-- Bush Crime Family Is the "Mountain of Corruption" on which all the
other molehills live(dating back to granpappy Prescott Bush's
patnership with Adolph Hitler) ... it is a symbiotic coupling, cut off
the head of the serpent and the culture of corruption surrounding and
supporting Bush Crime Family will fade. NOVEMBER IS A REFERENDUM ON
IMPEACHMENT OF THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY...do your part to save mankind...
vote Democrat (or if the Green Candidate is winning vote Green)
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