<human>: Now this is a very small thing but it's so blatant it's hilarious...

I'm watching HLNTV now. They're covering a witness questioning in a murder trial. They're going into commercials every 5 minutes, and the commercials take 5 minutes, so it's 50%-50%. But that's not the problem.

They're covering something that has already happened before as if it were live and happening right at that moment. I know from other coverage that the court has already been recessed for today, yet they act if it's actually happening right now. During a break in questioning the host of the show was even like "Don't worry you're not missing any testimony... as soon as the questioning is back we're going back to the courtroom... oh I'm being told now that they're back... so let's go to the courtroom right now!"

That break had, in fact, happened and ended way before she said these. Actually when she said that, the whole trial had already been recessed for the day.

It also says with big bold red letters on the bottom of the screen:

"LIVE TRIAL COVERAGE GOING ON RIGHT NOW"

The reason they aren't live is very simple... HLNTV does not cover the trial live, because every time they go into commercials, they pause the coverage, and when commercials end they resume the broadcast. So they're always behind what's actually happening in the courtroom right at that moment.

Is there absolutely nothing that governs what TV channels can do and what they can't? Do such rules only apply to commercials? I mean, they're not harming anyone by claiming something is live, but is there nothing against lying?

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<bot>: No biggie. A TV channel is claiming to be live covering something that has already taken place and in fact, ended. That's it.