Why would you believe that to be the case?

The court ruled that it was ok for Fox to fire 2 reporters who refused to publish lies for Fox.

And won't stop doing it. If enough people stop reading or watching them lie or help promote them by reshowing them over and over it'll continue, and get worse. Media has helped trump promote his propaganda, and there should be accountability for it.

But the airwaves — where political ads run — are not exactly the public discourse, and there are some rules and regulations in place.

For one, the Federal Election Commission requires that television and radio ads include disclosure about who produced them.

"There are rules in place through the FCC — the Federal Communications Commission — that regulate broadcasters in significant ways, cable to a lesser extent, and don’t apply at all to internet/online providers," said David Oxenford, a partner at the D.C.-based law firm Wilkinson, Barker, and Knauer who specializes in broadcast media.

Broadcast networks like NBC, ABC and CBS are required to sell ad time to all candidates for federal office. They are also restricted from altering the content of those ads, no matter how distasteful, offensive, or untrue they may believe them to be.

"The broadcaster can’t do anything about the substance of that ad," said Oxenford. "We’ve seen situations where white supremacists have run for congressional office so that they can get access to the broadcast airwaves and put out their message."

Oxenford notes that this requirement to run ads untouched applies only to those produced by the candidate. When it comes to ads made by a third party — say, a PAC or a trade union — broadcast networks do have some wiggle room.

"A lot of times, the broadcaster will go back and say, 'Hey, we can’t run this ad, these particular claims are arguably false,'" said Oxenford. "And a lot of times the sponsor of those attack ads will come back with an edited script."