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FOX to Be Fined by FCC for Fake News; CMD's Complaint on "Video News Releases" Nets New Proposed Fines

By Lisa Graves

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A FOX News station has been sent a notice of a proposed fine for airing fake news in the form of "Video News Releases" (VNR) without disclosing that the "news" segment promoting General Motors that was produced to promote GM.  As Jonathan Make reports in today's Communications Daily, the Federal Communications Commission has issued a notice of a proposed fine to FOX's Minneapolis affiliate for what amounted to a commercial for GM's convertibles masquerading as news.  The VNR had been provided to the station by "FOX News Edge," which is described as "a news service for broadcast st

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