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Outgoing FCC Chair Dismisses Complaints Against TV Stations That ‘Seek to Weaponize' Agency: ‘The FCC Should Not Be the President's Speech Police'

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73% Informative

FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel ordered the agency to reject four complaints and petitions against local TV stations.

She says the complaints are politically motivated efforts to curtail freedom of the press and undermine the First Amendment .

She is set to step down as head of the FCC with President-elect Donald Trump ’s Jan. 20 inauguration.

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76

Informative language

72

Neutral language

61

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

59

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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