Fox Talks With Carey on Foreign-Sponsored Content Rules
New sponsorship identification requirements for foreign-sponsored content should apply to “long form foreign government-provided programming aired pursuant to leasing arrangements,” said Fox in a call with FCC Media Bureau Chief Michelle Carey Monday, per a filing posted Thursday in docket…
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20-299. It would be “appropriate” to require stations carrying such programming to check the Foreign Agents Registration Act registration list and base disclosure rules on the list, Fox said. Fox’s KICU-TV San Jose airs programming from the China Government Television Network and began running a continuous disclosure of the content’s source after learning in 2020 that CGTN was designated a foreign mission: “CGTN did not notify the station it was registered under FARA or as a foreign mission,” Fox said. “Although not required by the current FCC sponsorship identification rules, given the designation, we felt the disclosure was necessary for full transparency.”