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Fake News Stories Probed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday August 16, 2006 @12:24PM from the truthiness dept.

An anonymous reader writes "From the article: "The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has begun an investigation of the use of video news releases, sometimes called "fake news," at U.S. television stations. Video news releases are packaged stories paid for by businesses or interest groups. They use actors to portray reporters and use the same format as television news stories.""

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Re:Agitprop by Curtman · 2006-08-16 23:50 · Score: 1, Flamebait

And besides, a sex scandal is a lot more fun than the vote rigging scandals, and hundreds of thousands of dead people that we get from the Republicans.