The “FCC” has NO control over Fox News! They are cable NOT Broadcast.
Won't stop them from trying.
They're trying to take over the Internet without a legal mandate, for God's sake.
But by the same logic they want to use on the Internet they could...
The cable and phone lines going in to your house (the last mile) is controlled by government..the government decides who will have access to feed content over those lines..
So if then can decide what is "fair access" of the Internet on that cable in to your house...
They can sure try and say want is "fair access" of video (cable TV) over that same cable in to your house
To control any electronic communication... you just need control of one point in the end to end path (the pipe)...
In "over the air" it the over the air broadcast frequency...
In non over the air, (a wire)... it that "last mile" access/easement in to your location
Fred Thompson's Presidential Hopes Could Put 'Law' Reruns in Lockup (Michael D. Shear Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, March 30, 2007)
The FCC rules have never been applied to cable channels, though several legal experts said cable often abides by an equal-time guideline in the hopes of avoiding a legal case that would set a precedent.