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Misinformation-spewing cable companies come under scrutiny

  • Written by Joshua Braun, Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Massachusetts Amherst
imageIf its services help deliver misinformation to your home, what responsibility does Comcast have for that?AP Photo/Mike Stewart

Looking at political violence in the U.S., a New Jersey state legislator sent a text message to an executive of cable television giant Comcast: “You feed this garbage, lies and all.” The cable channels Fox News...

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