Earlier this month, the Federal Communication Commission fined the Chicago-based for-profit radio station WLS-AM $44,000 for running eleven 90-second labor journalism news segments paid for by Workers Independent News (WIN). Based in Madison, Wis., WIN produces full-length radio shows about labor struggles around the country; some radio stations choose to broadcast them, while WIN pays others to air them.
The FCC claims that WLS did not make clear to listeners that the spots aired in April 2009—which detailed how stimulus money was funding an infrastructure project in Illinois, and featured a state representative—were paid for by WIN. The fine inspired the Radio Television Digital News Association to publish an article titled “Using 'Fake News' Costs Chicago Radio Station $44,000,” which WIN Managing Editor Frank Emspak says could lead to a potential loss of funds for his station.
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