bshole
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He will find somewhere else to do his thing, but I think that the terms of Fox's broadcast license, wrg to their branding, could come into play from regulators if they try to keep him around in his capacity as a news broadcaster.
Then again, Fox News Corp may slide by default, because I do believe they are registered with the FCC as an entertainment platform, and not a News platform. This allows them to skirt the ethics problems, generally calling themselves whatever they want as long as they maintain their consistent vaguery with how they disseminate information ("Maybe Mueller is a criminal? Maybe--what, me?" etc).
And of course all of this works, because their viewers simply do not give a shit about integrity: they only need to think that they are getting the news, as long as it confirms their pre-conceived biases and doesn't challenge a single bothersome thought in their heads; never-mind that their chosen news is deliberately feeding them nonsense, and that Fox explicitly registered their organization for such purposes.
Have to admit that I am kind of the same way. Whenever a big news item hits I find myself running over to Secular Talk to figure out what I should think about the story. Perhaps "easy mode" is the default setting for a large number of humans (regardless of their ideology).