FCC has received 40 'fake news' complaints since October

Television viewers have been complaining to the Federal Communications Commission about “fake news,” according to the agency’s records.

A FOIA request from the Columbia Journalism Review revealed that the FCC has received 40 complaints about fake news on television since the term entered the mainstream back in October.

“Please shut this fake news outlet down bent on terrorizing America with their false narratives promoted by left wing fascist psychopaths,” read one complaint about CNN from someone in Texas.

“All news stations must be censored or fined when they continuously lie, obfuscate and misdirect intentionally,” added a complaint filed in December from Nebraska. “The most egregious of these is CNN, but ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC et al are equally guilty, particularly on the ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ debacle perpetuated across the board.”