MSNBC Reporter: FTC can regulate what's real news, what's 'fake news'

The Washington Examiner reports:

An MSNBC reporter suggested Monday that the federal government should help decide which news stories are real and which are "fake news," after both parties left the last election angry about the fake stories that hurt their respective candidates.

MSNBC's Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber said the Federal Trade Commission, which is charged with protecting consumers, could be used to help quash sham stories.

Melber said that to get the FTC involved, "fake news" should instead be viewed as "fraud news," which would make it not a question of free speech, which is heavily guarded by the First Amendment, but rather a question of commercial speech and protecting consumers.

Melber said the FTC has spent years shutting down operations that offer deceptive information about products, like weight-loss products. This framework could be applied to businesses that peddle fraudulent news, he said.

MSNBC, a Democrat party network, wants to limit competition by having federal government workers(Democrat party members) deciding what is news. Just a reminder, the next time Democrats control the executive branch.