A Democratic Congressman introduced a bill to ban federal spending on the FOX network. The committee defeated the bill along party lines- 7-4.
Congressman Jim McGovern said he thought we should be "fair and balanced", and if we were going to cut off NPR, that is was only fair to cut off all federal spending on FOX.
"Over the past several years, it has become clear that the Fox News channel is wildly biased. They continue to employ a talk show host who called President Obama a racist. They continue to employ several prospective Republican Presidential candidates as “analysts,” giving them hours and hours of free air time. And their parent company has donated millions to GOP-linked groups.
My amendment would prohibit federal funds – taxpayer dollars – from being used for advertising on the partisan, political platform of Fox News. " McGovern said.
Read more: http://www.fedsmith.com/article/2795/rep-mcgovern-dma-introduces-amendment-ban.html
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