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beachbum bob

(10,437 posts) Mon Apr 24, 2017, 09:39 AM Apr 2017

I am just wondering why people aren't demanding an end to a misogynistic and sexual harassing network???

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why isn't there a call by the FCC to pull foxnews license? (Original Post) beachbum bob Apr 2017 OP

The FCC has no jurisdiction over cable channels Trekologer Apr 2017 #1

Fox News is cable television. blogslut Apr 2017 #3

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1. The FCC has no jurisdiction over cable channels

Mon Apr 24, 2017, 09:41 AM

Apr 2017

They only have jurisdiction over broadcast channels that are over the air. And even with that, this FCC seems to want no jurisdiction over anything

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2. FCC can't do that with cable channels. If they could, the religious right would have

Mon Apr 24, 2017, 09:42 AM

Apr 2017

tried to have HBO, Cinemax and various others pulled a long time ago.

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3. Fox News is cable television.

Mon Apr 24, 2017, 09:43 AM

Apr 2017

The FCC has no jurisdiction to regulate the content of Fox news. I could be wrong. I have been wrong before.