Last month Padden, now 74 and retired, joined with a nonprofit group called the Media and Democracy Project (MAP) to urge the Federal Communications Commission to deny Fox’s renewal of its license to operate one of its largest stations, WTXF in Philadelphia, known as Fox29. Padden and MAP argue that Fox lacks the “character” required by the FCC to be a license holder, because of post-election misinformation spread by another company entity: Fox News.
“Fox has undermined our democracy and has radicalized a segment of our population by presenting knowingly false narratives about the legitimacy of the 2020 election,” Padden wrote in a statement supporting MAP’s petition, which accuses Fox of “intentional, knowing news distortion.” [More]
Purge the DSM! There can be only one!
Hey, if it’s good enough for Kim Jong Un…
I’m no Faux News loyalist, but anyone who doesn’t see what evil monsters those behind this are is oblivious to their own proximity to the lime pit when they’re no longer useful.
[Via Dan Gifford]