RTNDA Asks FCC to Rescind Comcast VNR Fines

RTNDA ASKS FCC TO RESCIND COMCAST VNR FINES
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The Radio-Television News Directors Association and a coalition of some 70 state broadcast associations and broadcast group owners have asked the Federal Communications Commission to rescind the fines against Comcast for its use of unattributed video-news releases. They said the decision "injects the government agency into protected newsgathering and editorial activities to an unprecedented and inappropriate degree." "The legislative history shows that Congress did not intend for the FCC to dictate how stations should make identifications when they independently decide to use third-party resource materials such as written press releases or their modern-day electronic equivalents," the groups said. "Such news releases provide journalists with story ideas, quotations, images and background information for possible reference or inclusion in news stories."
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