Wilson claimed that he and Akre were repeatedly ordered to go forward and broadcast demonstrably inaccurate and dishonest versions of the story, and were given those instructions after some very high-level corporate lobbying by Monsanto (the agriculture company that makes the hormone) and also ... by members of Florida’s dairy and grocery industries.[7] The trial commenced in summer 2000 with a jury dismissing all of the claims brought to trial by Wilson, but siding with one aspect of Akres complaint, awarding Akre $425,000 and agreeing that Akre was a whistleblower because she believed there were violations of the Communications Act of 1934 and because she planned on reporting WTVT to the Federal Communications Commission. An appeal was filed, and a ruling in February 2003 came down in favor of WTVT, who successfully argued that the FCC policy against falsification was not a law, rule, or regulation, and so the whistle-blower law did not qualify as the required law, rule, or regulation under section 448.102 of the Florida Statutes.[8] ... Because the FCCs news distortion policy is not a law, rule, or regulation under section 448.102 of the Florida Statutes,[8] Akre has failed to state a claim under the whistle-blowers statute. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Akre
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