"sins of the affiliate"? The sinner was the corporate parent, the same parent that sets the tone for all the Fox divisions.
I can understand stopping a story they had scheduled to avoid offending a sponsor....I don't approve but I understand.
But that said, ordering the affiliate to falsify the story, deliberately lie to the public, is unforgivable. Especially on an item that affects the health of their viewers.
I'm sure it was a corporate decision to go to court.
It's hard to believe that the same corporate scum don't influence all the divisions.