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To: RightOnTheBorder
Every one of these Carr critics needs to check out 47 CFR 73.1217, Broadcast Hoaxes. Kimmel clearly violated it.

I did check it out, it does not fit, there is no violation. The fact that you do not set forth the elements of 47 CFR 73.1217 suggests that you suspect as well that it does not fit.


12 posted on 09/23/2025 2:43:41 AM PDT by nathanbedford (Attack, repeat, attack! - Bull Halsey)
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To: nathanbedford
CFR 73.1274

(a) No licensee or permittee of any broadcast station shall broadcast false information concerning a crime or a catastrophe if: (1) The licensee knows this information is false;-check

(2) It is foreseeable that broadcast of the information will cause substantial public harm, and-check

(3) Broadcast of the information does in fact directly cause substantial public harm.-check

(b) Any programming accompanied by a disclaimer will be presumed not to pose foreseeable harm if the disclaimer clearly characterizes the program as a fiction and is presented in a way that is reasonable under the circumstances.-no disclaimer

(c) For purposes of this rule, “public harm” must begin immediately, and cause direct and actual damage to property or to the health or safety of the general public, or diversion of law enforcement or other public health and safety authorities from their duties. The public harm will be deemed foreseeable if the licensee could expect with a significant degree of certainty that public harm would occur. A “crime” is any act or omission that makes the offender subject to criminal punishment by law. A “catastrophe” is a disaster or imminent disaster involving violent or sudden event affecting the public.-blood libeling conservatives has deadly results, as we have just seen

13 posted on 09/23/2025 6:32:44 AM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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