FCC: Free, Noncontroversial VNRs Can Still Trigger Fines

FCC: FREE, NONCONTROVERSIAL VNRs CAN STILL TRIGGER FINES
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The Federal Communications Commission's latest proposed fines for unidentified video-news releases clarified that just because a station doesn't pay for a nonpolitical or issues-oriented VNR doesn't mean that it can't get fined for airing it without an on-screen identification. That came in a decision in which the FCC's enforcement bureau issued four more proposed fines, totaling $16,000, against Comcast for unidentified VNRs on noncontroversial issues that nobody paid it to run.
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