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Fox News' Control Freakery with Politicians

NY Times: Fox Bars Candidates From Using Its Images. The Fox News Channel sent notices to the campaigns of the leading Republican presidential candidates ordering them to stop using images from their Fox appearances in their campaign ads. The notices were sent out after the network was criticized for singling out only Senator John McCain’s campaign in barring use of the images.

I’m baffled that Fox can get away with this. Doesn’t fair use cover the candidates’ use of images of this sort?

Beyond that, why is Fox shooting itself in the foot so stupidly? The network is dishonest — “fair and balanced,” uh huh — but no one has ever called its executives stupid.

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