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Faux News

Started by Mara Lynd, September 19, 2009, 01:11:47 PM

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Terry

Quote from: IGetAround on February 01, 2010, 02:18:45 PM
Fox News gets okay to misinform public, court ruling

The attorneys for Fox, owned by media baron Rupert Murdoch, successfully argued the First Amendment gives broadcasters the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on the public airwaves.
Some of the best fictional intertainment on TV, 'next would be the Health summit!

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Quote from: Terry on March 01, 2010, 08:08:11 AM
Some of the best fictional intertainment on TV, 'next would be the Health summit!
"In February 2003, a Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying the news in the United States. "

Source: http://www.relfe.com/media_can_legally_lie.html
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Quote from: IGetAround on February 01, 2010, 02:18:45 PM
Fox News gets okay to misinform public, court ruling

The attorneys for Fox, owned by media baron Rupert Murdoch, successfully argued the First Amendment gives broadcasters the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on the public airwaves.

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Be that as it may, does the First Amendment also give the listeners the right to believe
the lies.  :confused:
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