Can the media be guilty of criminal conspiracy?

Mountainman

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Fri Jul-18-03 10:58 AM
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Can the media be guilty of criminal conspiracy?

If the administration is charged with a crime. Could Fox, Limbaugh, etc. be charged with criminal conspiracy for helping to cover it up?

If so, that threat may be the thing to forcing them to be more objective.

Scott Cox at KERN here in Bakersfield was talking all week about the Niger 16 words thing but today, not word about it. I don't listen to him regularly so maybe they lighten up on Friday.

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havocmom

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Fri Jul-18-03 11:08 AM
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Edited on Fri Jul-18-03 11:13 AM by havocmom

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havocmom

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Fri Jul-18-03 11:08 AM
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1. Was precedent set when Faux won the appeal

regarding the reporter who refused to lie about GM food and was fired for it? Seems that the appeal meant that they can not only lie on the air, but they can fire any employee who refuses an order to lie on the air.

Sounds like they are safe from criminal conspiracy since the courts in FL (naturally) have already decided they don't have to tell the truth.

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Fri Jul-18-03 12:02 PM
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2. A congressional investigation would be in order

I would like to see something along the lines of the investigation into fixed game shows in the 1950s.

They need to investigate how the people's airwaves were completely hijacked by corporate interests and how they can be given back to the people.

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chadm

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Fri Jul-18-03 12:37 PM
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3. Only someone like Nader

would fight for something like this. He talks a lot about returning the airwaves to the people.

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sirshack

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Fri Jul-18-03 12:53 PM
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4. Probably not....

...if anything, it'd probably have a huge chilling effect. It kind of falls into the same category that protects journalists from revealing their sources. That would be a bad idea for prosecution all around....

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nothingshocksmeanymore

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Fri Jul-18-03 01:23 PM
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5. Not true. In some states they can if they are part of a deliberate scheme

Edited on Fri Jul-18-03 01:24 PM by nothingshocksmeanymo

to discredit. California's Civil code has a provision for this. Don't know about criminal but civil is good enough for me.

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