FCC Chair Warns Networks Over Airing ‘Fake Polls’

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“The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday that U.S. broadcast networks could violate their regulatory obligations by airing ‘entirely fake polls and suppression polls,'” Reuters reports.FCC ​Chair Brendan Carr said that ahead of the midterm elections “there had been ‌a significant surge in such polls ‘designed to do nothing more than interfere with the regular functioning of the electoral process and alter the normal patterns of voter turnout and enthusiasm.'”