Mon, May 10th 2021 12:15pm
Tim Cushing
It s not often you see a politician ask the FCC to step in to punish a news station. And for good reason: the First Amendment. Politicians are welcome to fight speech they don t like with
more speech, but they shouldn t be calling for a federal government investigation of a TV station just because they don t like the slant of the stories about them.
Baltimore (MD) City State s Attorney Marilyn Mosby thinks a local Fox affiliate is unfairly portraying her and her official doings. Rather than just accept that this is part of being in the business of politics, Mosby is asking the FCC to ask Fox to stop being Fox. Here s the angry letter [PDF] her office wrote one she boosted into Streisandia by airing her particular grievance on Twitter. (h/t Adam Steinbaugh)
Baltimore prosecutor s office asks FCC to probe local TV station over abhorrent coverage of her The distinctly relentless slanted broadcast news campaign. has the stench of racism Follow Us
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By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times - Saturday, May 8, 2021
The office of Marilyn Mosby, the top prosecutor in Baltimore, has requested the Federal Communications Commission look into a local TV station over concerns involving its reporting about her.
In a letter this week, the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office, led by Ms. Mosby, asked the FCC to open an investigation into WBFF, a Fox-affiliated network owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group.
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As we’ve discovered over the past six months or more, Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has been making plenty of headlines, none of them very flattering. With the various “irregularities” showing up in her records, there is currently a grand jury investigation into the conduct of her office underway, along with an IRS audit of her and her husband’s tax records. Well, Ms. Mosby has had enough of these meddling reporters and their insinuations. She’s filed a complaint with the FCC over the Baltimore Fox News affiliate, accusing them of… well, I’m honestly not sure what she’s accusing them of. But it involves bias and persecution and, of course, racism. (Yahoo News)
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The office of Baltimore City State s Attorney s Marilyn Mosby has filed a formal FCC complaint against local news station WBFF, requesting an investigation into the Fox News-affiliated network s broadcasting and media practices.
The office s communications director Zy Richardson wrote the complaint letter to the FCC, stating that WBFF has committed heinous acts in the name of journalism.
The letter acknowledges FCC rules that [b]roadcasters may not intentionally distort the news” and “rigging or slanting the news is [deemed] a most heinous act against the public interest.
“WBFF is committed to journalism in the public interest with its award-winning investigative unit being a key part of delivering on that commitment,” reads a statement from
Federal Communications Commission about the local Fox News affiliate television station,
WBFF Fox 45. The complaint claims the station’s coverage of the office and
State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby in particular is “slanted,” “misleading,” “racist” and “extremely dangerous.”
The complaint, filed by Baltimore City SAO Communications Director
Zy Richardson, cites FCC guidelines stating that “rigging or slanting the news is [deemed] a most heinous act against the public interest.”
The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office has filed an FCC complaint claiming its local Fox News affiliate’s coverage of State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby (above) is “misleading” and “extremely dangerous.” (Getty Images)