The Daily Stern

The Daily Stern

: FCC SIDES WITH CASTRO: Among all the absurd, meddling, and stupid rulings from the FCC lately, this one really takes the Twinkie: The FCC fined a station for making a phony phone call to the real Fidel Castro — and getting him on the line — but not following commission rules about getting permission to put the person on the air:

…the Cuban officials were not provided with notice that their conversations were to be broadcast prior to recording; and that Mr. Castro was only provided with notice of the station