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A truly chilling new poll on American attitudes about the media

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08-09-2018 4:52 PM 		Reply to: Message 3 by Chiroptera
08-09-2018 9:06 AM

Chiroptera writes:
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Notice the phrasing: "knowingly publish false information". And this is a pretty general statement. I'm guessing that any specific proposal to enact such a thing would end up with little support.
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It should be unnecessary for journalism as a whole. Legitimate media outlets will fire or suspend journalists for purposefully pushing false stories. Journalists can even be fired for mistakenly reporting false news (e.g. Dan Rather). Again, this is at legitimate media outlets. The best way to determine if a media outlet is legit is to see how they handle stories that turn out to be false.
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I don't think the danger here is that US citizens will support restrictions on the press. The danger is that a sudden and temporary panic may cause US citizens to allow dangerous legislation to be enacted without proper thought and debate.
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"Hoisted by one's own petard" comes to mind. What happens when people's favorite commentators over at Fox News start getting sued and jailed for reporting nonsense?
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08-10-2018 12:10 PM 		Reply to: Message 17 by jar
08-10-2018 9:25 AM

Re: what is true in the fantasy world
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But in reality the courts do make up their own rules even today which is why cases are appealed and move up a chain to the court that can and does make up their own rules.
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In reality, the courts interpret the rules. It is a subtle yet important distinction.
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Only if the courts and judges are reality based decision makers. It has not been very long since many courts would never take the word of a non-white over a white man; regardless of any evidence that existed.
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The principle that we have always pushed towards is an unbiased and independent judiciary. I don't think we will ever attain a perfect judiciary, but it has certainly improved over the years. Let's just hope we don't take a step backwards.
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