TV station accuses rivals of selling ads disguised as news stories | CF

KVBC-TV sues three rivals – News – ReviewJournal.com.

FROM THE ARTICLE: On Wednesday, KVBC-TV, Channel 3, accused its competitors of blurring the two. The station filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission against KVVU-TV, Channel 5; KLAS-TV, Channel 8; and KTNV-TV, Channel 13, charging that the stations sold airtime to an advertiser inside their newscasts and used reporters to conduct interviews presented as objective news stories without disclosing that the segments were purchased.

COMMENT: Maybe the FTC should be looking at the payola issues between advertortial content on TV stations and other traditional media as much as they want to monitor bloggers’ ethics.

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