Why aren't there laws against media blatantly lying?

[Formerly Black Trash]

when it comes to the second amendment, there's always it doesnt extend to yelling fire in a crowded theater.

Isnt what Fox News does on a larger scale?

 

[AnonymityX1000]

when it comes to the second amendment, there's always it doesnt extend to yelling fire in a crowded theater.

Isnt what Fox News does on a larger scale?

There are it's called slander. But what they are doing is using facts but not telling the entire story and then attaching a warped opinion on their incomplete facts shown. It's diabolical but at the same time not as influential as you might think. The most popular programs have like 2 million viewers. Compared to the registered voting public that's not a lot.

 

[Starman]

when it comes to the second amendment, there's always it doesnt extend to yelling fire in a crowded theater.

Isnt what Fox News does on a larger scale?

First Amendment.

 

[the cac mamba]

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[Starman]

you didnt follow his post

I definitely don't. lol What am I missing?

 

[the cac mamba]

honestly, how are you gonna pass a law against lying who would check it, decide it

you can either have total free speech like us, or you can have what china has

 

[the cac mamba]

I definitely don't. lol What am I missing?

nah actually you're right, he shoulda put 1st. i misread it

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

You don’t want UK laws bruh. Things are imperfect here but you don’t want to start doing that.

 

[invincible1914]

You don’t want UK laws bruh. Things are imperfect here but you don’t want to start doing that.

I think there should be some form of defamation law that the media should at least kind of stick to, and a notice on the screen saying these are opinions not news.... or something like that.Some of these shows definitely are projecting propaganda as news. Then when you call them out they are like we are just entertainment. Why can’t they have a note pop up on the screen saying that at the beginning of the show.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

I think there should be some form of defamation law that the media should at least kind of stick to, and a notice on the screen saying these are opinions not news.... or something like that.Some of these shows definitely are projecting propaganda as news. Then when you call them out they are like we are just entertainment. Why can’t they have a note pop up on the screen saying that at the beginning of the show.

Lol they would have to change the names of their networks

 

[eastside313]

Fox News isn’t news. It is opinion based. Chris Wallace is the last real journalist over there.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

There are laws against the media blatantly lying. The ones that do evade those laws with plausible deniability, because you have to prove that they knew they were lying.

 

[wtfyomom]

Didn’t Reagan get rid of the truth in news and fairness in news act so that Fox could start their trash network ?

 

[analog]

Interesting topic

Had to look up why Trump wouldn't be guilty of libel given all the bs he slings at Obama.

Came across this:
Despite the possible case, it is unlikely that Obama would sue Trump for libel. Predecessors tend to give the succeeding president a fair amount of room, and the president is provided some protections from civil suits. The Supreme Court's 1982 decision Nixon v. Fitzgerald found that a president is provided absolute immunity from civil damages and liability while conducting presidential acts.

"President Trump has official immunity from liability and damages," Zipursky confirmed, but it is not clear that judges would view tweeting a defamatory conspiracy theory, without evidence, as a president carrying out his official duties

 

[Agent Mulder]

Fox News isn’t news. It is opinion based. Chris Wallace is the last real journalist over there.

The problem is that overall, MSM/corporate news is largely propaganda. You naming Fox but leaving out MSNBC is merely a personal/political choice.