Broadcasters regulated by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have a legal obligation to operate in the public interest, and those public-interest requirements include prohibitions on news distortion and broadcast hoaxes.
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regulatory
U.S. broadcast licensing includes public-interest obligations intended to prevent deceptive or hoax broadcasting.
The Federal Communications Commission has characterized the act of rigging or slanting the news as 'a most heinous act against the public interest.'
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policy
Expression of the FCC's stance on intentional manipulation of news content.
U.S. public broadcasters National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) distribute or air programming originating from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to their audiences.
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Examples of international content distribution partnerships between the BBC and U.S. public broadcasters.