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FCC Fines Comcast $4,000 for Airing Fake News

HeadlineSep 25, 2007

And the Federal Communications Commission has fined Comcast $4,000 for broadcasting a fake news segment on the company’s CN8 local news channel last year. Comcast aired a video news release produced by the manufacturer of a sleeping remedy without disclosing the company’s ties to the video. This marks the first time the FCC has fined a broadcaster for airing a corporate public relations video as if it was an actual news segment. Last year, the Center for Media and Democracy released a study that found at least 77 TV stations around the country have aired corporate-sponsored video news releases over the previous 10 months.

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