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"Four years ago, more Americans said they got their political news from the broadcast evening news than cable news, according to a study by Pew Research Center. ... This year, the study shows that the cable channels have eclipsed the nightly network news." Perhaps noting that trend, MoveOn [5] and Common Cause [6] filed a Federal Trade Commission complaint regarding Fox News Channel [7]'s slogan. The "fair and balanced" slogan is deceptive advertising, say the groups, given what they call Fox's "deliberately and consistently distorted" reporting. Common Cause's president said [8], "Fox has no obligation under the law to be fair and balanced, just not to market itself as fair and balanced."
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/6/diane-farsetta
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/media
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/politics
[4] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2004%2F07%2F2790%2Fvulpes-caveat-emptor&linkname=Vulpes%3A%20Caveat%20Emptor
[5] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=MoveOn
[6] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Common_Cause
[7] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Fox_News
[8] http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/e/1401/7-20-2004/20040720004504_9.html
[9] http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109027556196467837,00.html?mod=us%5Fbusiness%5Fbiz%5Ffocus%5Fhs