Uhm.....The ACTUAL title of the linked story is:
Fired reporters challenge Fox TV license
Steve Wilson and Jane Akre charge Fox with false and distorted news reports.
sniff.....
Posted on 01/24/2005 4:16:35 PM PST by AmericaFirstSecondLast
TAMPA (January 3, 2005) For what is believed to be the first time ever, two television journalists have challenged the broadcast license of a station on grounds it deliberately broadcast false and distorted news reports.
Veteran reporters Jane Akre and Steve Wilson filed the petition Monday against WTVT Fox-13, in Tampa, a unit of Rupert Murdoch's Fox Television empire.
The formal Petition To Deny the station's pending license renewal presents the Federal Communications Commission with 98 pages of what the journalists say is "clear and convincing support for the claim that the licensee is not operating in the public interest and lacks the good character to do so."
The challenge stems from what the reporters say was a year-long experience inside the station, where they resisted Fox managers who repeatedly ordered them to distort a series of news reports about the secret use of an artificial hormone injected in dairy cattle throughout Florida and beyond.
The claim also cites another case of alleged deliberate distortion at the Fox-owned television station in Kansas City, WDAF Fox-4.
...The petition seeks a full and thorough investigation by the FCC followed by public hearings on the matter before any determination is made to renew WTVT's license to operate the station for the next eight years.
(Excerpt) Read more at straightgoods.ca ...
I like FNC - I like that fact it talks about my views more than the liberals. It's about time there was some counterbalance to the liberal MSM crap we get all the time.
BUT, and it's a big but, I don't like to be lied to. I like the truth from a right-wing perspective, no bullcrap, no distortions.
But this is the second time FNC have been in court defending their right to tell a story the way they want to, even if it is against the fact and they know it.
That's not what I want, and I think it's the same for most Freepers.
Can I trust FNC again to tell me the truth?
Can I trust the word of some unnamed reporters?
So far this is the word of two possibly disgruntled employees. I'll withhold my judgment until something is proven.
So9
Theses appear to be local Fox Channel stations, not FOX News
You watch Fox? Why?
LOLOL.
This sounds like such unadulterated BS. I might sue somebody for a post I don't like. Does that make what they did wrong? Pleeeease.
Mods hate it when you alter the titles.
Uhm.....The ACTUAL title of the linked story is:
Fired reporters challenge Fox TV license
Steve Wilson and Jane Akre charge Fox with false and distorted news reports.
sniff.....
One can only imagine what is in the 98 pages of complaints. Not a big deal IMHO. Just another liberal fringe group looking for publicity.
The only real puzzle is how you found this. Care to tell us?
"Captain, sensors indicate the presence of a troll"
The article is from straightgoods.ca which looks like a leftist site. Anyone knows how credible they are?
I totally agree with you - anything at all it sounds more like a local station manager issue than the corporate Fox News folks.
p.s. God bless the United States Marines!
Probably a lot more than someone who joins December 22, 2004 and posts an altered headline.
You should be careful attributing this situation to the FNC, when apparently you are referring to an affiliate.
I think this post's headline is misleading, at best.
FOX News is just weird.
They showed an SNL clip
making fun of Rice,
and they talked as if
the clip made fun of Boxer.
I do not trust FOX.
Why don't you go get Dan and the CBS liars thrown in Jail first, then come after FOX? Their crime was much bigger.
You SHOULD know that the FNC has nothing to do with a Fox affiliate and their local news department, so why the question?
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