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Showing Original Post only (View all)Could Feds Yanks Broadcast Rights from Fox News? [View all]
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Source: GOPUSA
Big Brother is watching, and in particular, he's watching over Fox News. Apparently left wingers are constantly complaining to shut down the network, and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is listening, saying in recent congressional testimony that complaints about Fox are taken "very seriously."
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski testified Wednesday that his agency takes calls to cancel Fox's broadcast licenses "very seriously."
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Read more: http://www.gopusa.com/freshink/2012/05/10/fcc-fox-licenses/?subscriber=1
These are OUR airwaves. They belong to us.
To be able to get a license to use our airwaves, broadcasters
should be mandated that they not broadcast mis-information.
With all the mis-information that Fox News pumps out everyday,
I'm wondering why its taken this long to yank their license.
Hope it happens soon. Tomorrow isn't fast enough.
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I'm with you on the free speech thing. But there are issues of false advertising,
20score
May 2012
#9
Do not call it news then. I'm no expert but as a "news" channel they may have
Malikshah
May 2012
#20
FCC can come down on the usage of "news". They have a public obligation to report news not lies.
firehorse
May 2012
#2
If they find News Corp to be a criminal enterprise, couldn't that affect their license?
alfredo
May 2012
#5
Not just "left wingers" but most in the 'reality based community' see thru FOX
FailureToCommunicate
May 2012
#3
Politically, it would be a very stupid thing to do and would be seen (accurately) as trying to
24601
May 2012
#16
I sure hope so. Fox is just a source of propaganda collected illegally...not news source!
Auntie Bush
May 2012
#22
Can the FCC revoke Fox's broadcast licenses? Theoretically yes. Realistically no.
onenote
May 2012
#26