That's just an example. Over the years, I've heard so many bullshit from fox news it's amazing the network still exists. Why in the world are people still supporting this network when it's been so obvious for years that they don't care for facts?
I'm a news freak. The first thing I turn on in the morning before I leave is the news. I'd browse through cnn, fox, msnbc, etc. I listen to npr on my way. I also set up my tablet computer to auto-download all news in every category every morning so I can browse through them and read while on the train. I'm telling you this to tell you how much I appreciate the news. It also pisses me off to see a news organization that cares so little for facts.
Should there be a law somewhere to hold a news organization responsible for distributing false news? I'm thinking of something like 3 strikes and you're out.
This is what happens when a news organization isn't held responsible for distributing false news.
I'm confused about something. There are opinions and there are facts. I've already shown you some facts that show fox news has no problem lying right through their teeth. This isn't about a difference of opinion.
I'm agreeing with you Taz, Fox should be held accountable, and so should every other news agency. How do you do that without interfering with freedom of speech?
Simple. The law should clearly state that if you are a registered news organization then you can't lie. If you intentionally misinform the public, then you face a ridiculous large amount of fine. This won't be perfect, but it will deter people like Rush Limbaugh from lying right through his teeth so frequently.
That said, I'm so pissed off right now at evolution. I began to get symptoms of the flu a few days ago and now I can barely move around without every part of my body aching. My head hurts all the time. I'm constantly coughing. And my wife is about to leave me... for the day. I think I'll try to mow the lawn in the afternoon.
My concern is why people (Coyote, for example) continue to support Fox even directly in the face of solid, incontrovertible evidence of blatant lies. Fox knows that what they report isn't true when they say things like "Obama's trip to India will cost $200 million per day!," and they choose to say it anyway. I can see defending the opinion guys for having shitty opinions - you're allowed to have a shitty opinion and express it however you want. But when they report a fact on which to base that opinion ("Obama's gonna institute Sharia law!" "Death Panels!" "$200 million a day!" Putting a "D" next to virtually every Republican who has a sex scandal ever...), they should be held accountable for that fact. The amount spent on Obama's trip is the same whether you're liberal or conservative or something else. You can be of the opinion that the cost is too much or appropriate or whatever, but opinions don;t change the actual amount. Why defend the lies, the known falsehoods, reporting facts that are well known to be completely untrue?
At some point, we need to make clear to people that we're not talking about opinions here but actual facts. Fox continues to spout lies like the $200 million a day thing or playing the wrong footage for the republican candidate they don't like. It's absolutely mind boggling why people can't understand the difference between opinion and fact.
Not just that, the nuclear summit logo thing was completely unacceptable. It wasn't some commentator that brought up their fantasy similarity. They said that on their news portion. They were presenting it as fact. And as John Stewart pointed out, you could find similarities between any symbol and any other symbol if you tried hard enough. Fox supporting Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan...
Re: Coyote apparently a pseudo brain dead conservative
Coyote, I understand where you're coming from. I really do. There are many issues that I am very conservative on. Here are a few things that I am really really conservative on.
Pro life Pro big military Anti organic movement Anti preservation laws etc.
That said, the reason I lean so much to the left is because the right side doesn't make sense most of the time. History has shown over and over that in just about every topic we can imagine it's the more liberal side that always turned out to be right. Everything from slavery to women's rights to free speech to you name it ultimately society always eventually agree with the more liberal side.
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