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Monday, April 24, 2006
Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed - Center for Media and Democracy
Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed - Center for Media and Democracy: "In sum, television newscasts—the most popular news source in the United States—frequently air VNRs without disclosure to viewers, without conducting their own reporting, and even without fact checking the claims made in the VNRs. VNRs are overwhelmingly produced for corporations, as part of larger public relations campaigns to sell products, burnish their image, or promote policies or actions beneficial to the corporation.
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