If media who have been caught lying were to lose their broadcasting license....

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.....who would be left standing?

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The first question should be why do we need any of them?

CNN is not a broadcaster. They don't broadcast on the public airwaves and do not come under FCC regulations. , where, for example, the FCC has a policy against "news distortion" for broadcast stations but explicitly states it does not apply to cable, online news, or social media.

Additionally, the FCC licenses individual stations, not cable channels, and not entire networks such as ABC, Fox, NBC. It's the owners of those local stations that get the license.