Interested in adding your comments to the proceeding investigating news distortion in the airing of a ‘60 Minutes’ interview with then Vice President Kamala Harris or in the proceeding about loud commercials?

There is information below regarding two recent proceedings where comments can be added to the official record.

 

Investigating news distortion in the airing of a ‘60 Minutes’ interview with then Vice President Kamala Harris

The FCC recently opened a proceeding investigating news distortion in the airing of a ‘60 Minutes’ interview with then Vice President Kamala Harris. You can read the notice about the proceeding here.

To have your concerns become part of the record for this proceeding you will need to submit them in the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System following the steps outlined below.  

  1. Go to the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System’s page for submitting an Express Comment: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express
  2. In the first box, “*Proceeding(s): Specify the FCC proceeding(s) to which your filing refers,” enter the number specific to this proceeding: 25-73.
  3. When a box with the following text appears, click on it to auto-fill the “Proceedings” box: “News Distortion Complaint Involving CBS Broadcasting Inc., Licensee of WCBS, New York, NY”
  4. Complete all required boxes, type your comment in the box labeled “Brief Comments,” and then review and submit your comment to the FCC.
  5. The deadline to file comments is March 24, 2025.

For more on filing a comment with the FCC, you can visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/how-comment

 

Rules on loud commercials

The FCC recently opened a proceeding asking questions about our rules on loud commercials. You can read information about the proceeding here.

To have your concerns become part of the record for this proceeding you will need to resubmit them in the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System following the steps outlined below.  

  1. Go to the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System’s page for submitting an Express Comment: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express
  2. In the first box, “*Proceeding(s): Specify the FCC proceeding(s) to which your filing refers,” enter the number specific to this proceeding: 25-72.
  3. When a box with the following text appears, click on it to auto-fill the “Proceedings” box: “Updates to the Commission’s Rules Implementing the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act”
  4. Complete all required boxes, type your comment in the box labeled “Brief Comments,” and then review and submit your comment to the FCC.

For more on filing a comment with the FCC, you can visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/how-comment