No I am not, I am for free speech for everyone and NEITHER side should ever try to pressure the media into suppressing our 1st amendment rights, you on the other hand only care when your viewpoint gets suppressed and that is obvious. You want to make concessions and there is absolutely no concessions for our 1st amendment rights.
Nowhere under the FCC regulations is it in their job description to do fact checks.
Well they have to determine what the facts are, when they are determining if the network was or is distorting the news
It’s an independent agency because commissioners couldn’t be fired at will, giving them independent authority.where in the code, I linked for you, did Congress say it was an independent agency?
5 U.S. Code § 104 - Independent establishment
www.law.cornell.edu
Sorry, Fox TV
who can fire them?
Well they have to determine what the facts are, when they are determining if the network was or is distorting the news
Broadcast News Distortion
Broadcasters may not intentionally distort the news. The FCC states that "rigging or slanting the news is a most heinous act against the public interest."www.fcc.gov
The FCC has had a policy against "news distortion" in over-the-air broadcast (local TV and radio stations) news for over 50 years. Cable news networks, newspapers or newsletters (whether online or print), social media platforms, online-only streaming outlets, or any other non-broadcast news platform are outside of the FCC's jurisdiction with respect to news distortion.
News distortion "must involve a significant event and not merely a minor or incidental aspect of the news report." In weighing the constitutionality of the policy, courts have recognized that the policy "makes a crucial distinction between deliberate distortion and mere inaccuracy or difference of opinion." As a result, broadcasters are only subject to enforcement if it can be proven that they have deliberately distorted a factual news report. Expressions of opinion or errors stemming from mistakes are not actionable.
news distortion policy is about broadcast networks, not cable
Trump decided he can fire commissioners at will. No other president thought they could do because Congress didn’t allow it.
Fox has broadcast news shows also.
I only care when the government uses force to suppress speech.
Show me where in law where Congress said it was a independent agency
Just admit you want Trump to be the arbiter of truth.
Fox News is a cable station
You are familiar that there there are hundreds of local FOX broadcast affiliate stations yes? Some of their programming includes news and opinion shows - Fox New Sunday as an example.
You want him to be the arbiter of the truth. That doesn’t require he be truthful.
It’s weird you think that
Yes I am
Not at all. He’s unaccountable to anyone, so he’s no reason to agree to a truth he doesn’t like.
