Carl Galloway v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Cbs, Inc., Intervenor

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Carl Galloway, who was mentioned during a CBS News broadcast about insurance fraud, complained to the Federal Communications Commission that the broadcast had violated both the Commission’s Personal Attack rule and its policy against deliberate news distortion. Petitioner asked the Commission to revoke the licenses of intervenor CBS’s owned-and-operated stations. The Commission denied Galloway’s request and he appeals to this court, challenging both the policies and their application.…