MOUNTAINEERS DESTROYED IN BATTLE, LEADERS CAPTURED - MARINE CORPS GENERAL SAYS "THEY'RE DONE"
SPARTANBURG, SC - The last holdouts fall! Fascist brigands that have plagued the American countryside on a corrupt and dismal crusade to build a false America have been demolished in a massive show of strength. The neo-Confederate rebel group known as the Mountaineers have been outright destroyed at Spartanburg, following what many within the Socialist Republic Army and Marine Corps command call a "deliberate ruse" to lull the fascists into a false sense of security and superiority. According to anonymous sources, credibly military intelligence indicated that the Mountaineers were intending to overthrow the Socialist Republics with a massive coup, and had it not been for the intervention of the Marine Corps and Airborne, they likely would have succeeded. Following this total destruction, the Mountaineers have been declared effectively a non-threat to the Socialist Republics.
NEW FILM STANDARDS SET TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN 1963
SAVANNAH, GA - With the prominent rise of American filmmaking as more and more locations and talent becomes available to American filmmakers, Congress has created a new series of guidelines and standards to be met. Various guilds, labor unions, and associations have been created with the full blessing of the American Communist Party to ensure all workers and creators are not unfairly treated when working on new entertainment for the American people, while a new government board, the National Board of Review, has been established. This Board, according to Congress, will decided upon standards and review each film that is to be released, imposing fines and penalties upon filmmakers who do not adhere to their standards or produce "obscene" content unfit for general consumption.
To that end, the National Board of Review has already publicized their three content ratings outside of audience suggestions;
- Passed, meaning the film can be freely distributed in the Socialist Republics
- Passed with changes, meaning the film can be distributed once the filmmakers edit scenes deemed obscene
- Condemned, meaning the film is not appropriate for distribution, and any screening will be met with fines or potential jail time
General audience rankings mostly divide films into age-appropriate categories, with more serious endeavors such as war films, political dramas, and other such films restricted to those 18 and up. The National Board of Review has not clarified what will cause a film to become "Condemned" or if that status can ever be reversed. However, the NBR did state that all foreign films must be reviewed by them prior to any distribution, which may extend itself to serial television productions and cartoons, though the NBR will only grant Passed or Condemned ratings on foreign media.
