What we have here is a failure to communicate.

From Variety, via the Huffington Post:

The Federal Communications Commission ruled Friday that Fox's "TMZ" and the Christian Broadcast Network's "The 700 Club" each meet the test as "a bona fide newscast" and therefore would not trigger political equal-time requirements...

...Celebrity ambulance-chaser "TMZ" argued that it contained genuine news value similar to that of "Entertainment Tonight," which received bona fide newscast status in 1988.

The FCC also considers whether a program "reports news of some area of current events, in a manner similar to more traditional newscasts," according to the agency. CBN argued "The 700 Club" does precisely that.

In both cases the commission agreed.

A mind-numbingly stupid ruling.

(An FCC specialty.)