FCC Quizzes TV Stations About 'Fake News' !!

[Breeze54]

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/technology/9686179/detail.html

FCC Quizzes TV Stations About 'Fake News'
POSTED: 2:38 am EDT August 16, 2006

WASHINGTON --

They're a secret little-known outside the news and public relations businesses.
"Video news releases," or VNRs, often look like real television news reports,
and you may well have seen one without even knowing it.
But now the government is taking a closer look.

VNRs often use actors to play reporters, and are produced by businesses
or groups trying to get their messages out.

But the Federal Communications Commission is asking 77 TV stations about
their use of VNRs, which critics label "fake news."

The feds acted after complaints that some stations may have been running
the video releases without telling viewers who paid for them.

Media experts said some stations like the VNRs because they're essentially
free, pre-packaged stories that fill air time.


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WHAT THE F**K?? Fake NEWS in AMERICA?????? :sarcasm:

See that??
The FCC ACTED after complaints and threats and e-mails and petitions!!
See?? Your actions really DO work!!!

:applause: :applause:

[ERF]

1. You see we got trouble, right here in River City.

[zbdent]

2. Now if it would go after all the Faux News on Faux News

whoops, I'm being redundant ...

[Breeze54]

3. LOL...

:hi: No shit, they ought to shit can faux suxs!

:nuke: it!!