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Moving On From the Convention, A Real Cliff Hanger... What Happens Now?

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website, https://www.fcc.gov/ contains a plethora of information including mention that the FCC receives a wide variety of comments and complaints from consumers about whether networks, stations, news reporters or commentators give inaccurate or one-sided news presentations, fail to cover certain events or cover them adequately, overemphasize or dramatize certain aspects of news events. Other complaints are received regarding the conduct of journalists in the gathering and reporting of news.

While the FCC's authority to respond to these complaints is narrow in scope and the Commission is prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing on First Amendment rights of the press, it may issue penalties if a broadcaster knowingly transmits false information.

Broadcasters have significant responsibilities. It's noted on the FCC website that as public trustees, broadcasters may not intentionally distort the news. The FCC has stated publicly that "rigging or slanting the news is a most heinous act against the public interest." The FCC may act to protect the public interest when it has received documented evidence, such as testimony from persons who have direct personal knowledge of an intentional falsification of the news. Without such documented evidence, the FCC generally cannot intervene. The FCC website provides detailed information about filing complaints, documenting concerns or comments about a specific news broadcast or commentary online, by phone or by mail. It spells out the specifics needed in asserting news distortion, rigging or slanting and the necessity of including documented evidence of deliberate misrepresentation.

Three of infinite on-line articles about media undermining Sanders' campaign;

Media commits massive act of malpractice in claiming Hillary clinched the presumptive nominee slot prior to CA and 6 other primaries on June 7

http://commons.commondreams.org/t/establishment-media-commit-massive-act-of-malpractice-and-claim-clinton-clinched/23477

US State Media runs hit piece on Bernie Sanders

https://shadowproof.com/2016/06/16/us-state-media-runs-hit-piece-on-bernie-sanders/

Why the media ignores Bernie Sanders

http://samuel-warde.com/2015/08/why-the-media-ignores-bernie-sanders/

The latest crime against our so-called democracy involves Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI director James Comey and their dual abomination of letting Hillary off the hook regarding her complete disregard for the protection of the information entrusted to her as Secretary of State. As noted below in the comment of Judith Wright-Gillett, Hillary knew exactly what she was doing in placing information that belongs to the United States government on a private server in the basement of her home where by doing so she evaded the Freedom of Information Act. If she didn't know, coupled with all the baggage and problems she has had with trust issues, here once again the public is confronted with the special treatment she is receiving.

The recent hearing of the Judiciary Oversight Committee was yet another display of the ineptitude or dishonesty or lack of integrity on the part of many in politics. The Democrats and Republicans took turns questioning Attorney General Loretta Lynch. The Republicans asked excellent penetrating questions which Lynch time and again refused to answer in any meaningful way. The Democrats pandered with every question starting with Representative John Conyers who in his opening statement lost more of my respect for him than when I learned in his superdelegate capacity he endorsed Hillary Clinton who has continued to disregard every good reason to enact Single-payer healthcare, which Conyers has been championing for decades. There is far too much money exchanging hands from the special interest groups and one has to ask what are Conyers and others getting from the Clinton machine to support her in such a way.

Loretta Lynch Hearing at House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing about Hillary Clinton emails

http://www.c-span.org/video/?412357-1/attorney-general-loretta-lynch-testifies-capitol-hill&live

The Clinton Foundation is still under investigation. How extensive is the coordination between Hillary's connections through her Secretary of State position and the millions of dollars pouring into the Clinton Foundation? It becomes more difficult to analyze due to Hillary's convenient avoidance of FOIA and subsequent deletions of some 30,000 email documents at her discretion.

A Harvard MBA Guy is out to bring down the Clintons

http://wallstreetonparade.com/2016/05/a-harvard-mba-guy-is-out-to-bring-down-the-clintons/

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