Good News from the FCC

I got this from the gang at Stop Fake News:

Today, we can declare a major victory! The FCC has heard your voice and declared that TV broadcasters must disclose the source of video news releases (VNRs) produced by the government.

This is what today's Washington Post article said:

Television broadcasters must disclose to viewers the origin of video news releases produced by the government or corporations when the material runs on the public airwaves, the Federal Communications Commission said yesterday.

The FCC's ruling comes as video news releases produced by the Bush administration and aired as part of local television news reports have come under attack from critics who call them unlabeled Republican propaganda.

This is a positive step, and it gets the ball rolling in the direction of stamping out propaganda. Also, it allows Democrats to properly paint the use of fake news releases as uniformly wrong, backed up by FCC case law. It puts the Bush Administration on the run on this issue.