A human rights organization is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate China’s state-owned media for broadcasting fake news in the United States.  Safeguard Defenders, a Madrid-based nonprofit, submitted a complaint to the U.S. regulator back in 2019 with evidence showing “systematic airing of lies and distortions” by state-run media China Central Television (CCTV) and China Global Television Network (CGTN). On March 17, the group wrote to the FCC renewing calls to launch a probe into the communist state-backed media outlets.  An FCC spokesperson said it was reviewing the complaint from Safeguard Defenders, and declined to comment on whether the regulator was investigating the outlets.  CGTN is an news channel run by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) Central Propaganda Department to reach an international audience. It has aired forced confessions and distorted coverage of issues such as the pro-democracy, anti-CCP movement in Hong Kong, human rights abuses in Xinjiang, …