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    FCC wants to fine CBS for using fake emergency alert in 'Young Sheldon'

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    Kris Holt
    Kris Holt
    09.09.2019

    The Federal Communications Commission is cracking down on the use of emergency alerts unless there's a legitimate crisis. Its latest target is a Young Sheldon episode broadcast in April 2018. CBS said "sound producers modified a version of the EAS [emergency alert system] codes and Attention Signal downloaded from YouTube," which the FCC claims "resembled actual EAS tones."