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FCC BROADCAST NEWS DISTORTION POLICY 4/7/26 -- UNDER CONSTRUCTION -- COME BACK NEXT WEEK
FCC BROADCAST NEWS DISTORTION POLICY
GALLOWAY v. F.C.C
(1985) "[r]igging or slanting the news is a most henious act against the public interest — indeed, there is no act more harmful to the public's ability to handle its affairs. In all cases where we may appropriately do so, we shall act to protect the public interest in this important respect. "...made a crucial distinction between deliberate distortion and mere inaccuracy or difference of opinion."
The key elements of this standard are, first, that the
distortion or staging be deliberately intended to slant or
mislead.... The allegation of deliberate distortion must be
supported by "extrinsic evidence," that is, evidence other
than the broadcast itself... Second, the distortion must involve a significant event and not merely a minor or incidental aspect of the news report.
the Commission’s policy of
requiring a “substantial prima facie case” before proceeding
against a broadcaster SERAFYN v. FCC (1998)
LAW PROFESSOR LILI LEVI p. 1049: The key issue in news distortion cases is intent. p. 1082: the news distortion policy is not directed to the protection of individual reputations. Rather, it appears to be designed to protect democratic decisionmaking in the citizenry as a whole.fn It is a way of enlisting government in making sure that the information needed for citizens in a democracy is presented in an undistorted, truthful fashion.
"The
FCC's broadcast news distortion rules: Regulation by
drooping eyelid" (2001)
The FCC intentionally crafted the policies to make it
“extremely unlikely to find a broadcaster in violation
of them, out of respect for broadcasters' free speech
rights,” Raphael said via email.
How unlikely? He found that of 120 news distortion
decisions between 1969 and 1999, the FCC issued rulings
against broadcasters in just eight cases. Three stations
lost their licenses as a result, though in each case,
news distortion was among a host of violations cited."
Within days of Carr’s elevation to FCC chair after President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, the commission also re-opened the Center for American Rights' news distortion complaint against ABC for alleged bias in fact-checking the presidential debate. It also resurrected the group's petition against NBC for allegedly violating the equal time rule when Harris appeared on Saturday Night Live.
March 7, 2019
DUKE LAW SCHOOL LAW PROFESSOR STUART BENJAMIN Video of Stuart Benjamin on “News Distortion Rule”; The FCC's News Distortion Rule: An Unenforceable Liability for Broadcasters
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don't report good Iran war news” Reason (Jacob Sullum)
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Professor Nicole Hemmer wikipedia
Cases — Center for American Rights
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