There has been an ongoing dispute about the legitimacy of the content
put out by Fox News. Between the amount of complaints and discredited
stories by varying myth-busting sources, the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) has now reclassified Fox News from a valid news source
to that of satire.
The FCC cannot classify Fox News as purely entertainment-based
fiction because their stories contain the names, places and actions of
legitimacy. This decision to classify Fox News as satire did not come
easily, because many see the news network as well-founded and they
should have the freedom of speech to report as they so choose.
A statement put out by the FCC says, “The decision to classify
Fox News as satire has come after several years of evaluation regarding
the sources of their reporting and the bias of their programming. While
much of their content is based on legitimate news, it is spun is a way
that cannot not be deemed newsworthy to the viewing public. If Fox News
so chooses to report actual news stories of legitimacy without skewing
the content we may overturn our decision and reclassify the network to a
valid news source once again.”
It seems the FCC is leaving the decision to be an actual news
source up to the programming directors and others in charge at News
Corp. Both Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes have not been able to be
reached for comment.
As far as programming, it will be business as usual, but there will
now be a running disclaimer along the bottom of the viewing screen that
states, “This is not a valid news source.”
AHT: Unfortunately the above post is from a satire site! But it sounds true enough that it's believable!
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