FCC Fines Radio Station for Airing 'Fake News' from Labor News Show
In These Times, February 29, 2012
By Mike Elk
Earlier this month, the FCC fined the Chicago-based for-profit radio station WLS-AM $44,000 for running 11 90-second labor journalism news segments paid for by Workers Independent News. Based in Madison, Wis., WIN produces full-length radio shows about labor struggles around the country; some radio stations choose to broadcast them, while WIN pays others to air them.
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