Fox News gets okay to misinform public, court ruling. No really.

Through the looking glass moment?




The attorneys for Fox, owned by media baron Rupert Murdock, successfully argued the First Amendment gives broadcasters the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on the public airwaves. We are pushing for a consumer protection solution that labels news content according to its adherence to ethical journalism standards that have been codified by the Society of Professional Journalists (Ethics: spj.org).
A News Quality Rating System and Content Labeling approach, follows a tradition of consumer protection product labeling, that is very familiar to Americans. The ratings are anti-censorship and can benefit consumers.

http://www.ceasespin.org/ceasespin_blog/ceasespin_blogger_files/fox_news_gets_okay_to_misinform_public.html

their license renewed periodically and thereby, have to demonstrate they are acting in the public interest rather than maybe acting principally in the 'pukes' interest. :P

It's too bad the powers that be have given up any pretense of a connection between public airwaves and public interest.

would not be under the FCC rules of conduct.

I'm not kidding! They may be making fun of stuff, but it is a very real example of what's going on. Take the iWheel parody on Mac - the laptop with the iPod wheel instead of a keyboard. One guy says, "I'll buy pretty much anything as long as it is shiny and has an Apple logo on it." That's so close to reality it is frightening. And the one about Sony's "fucking piece of shit that doesn't fucking work." That totally pegged the new product hype and the morons who buy something just because it has "way more gigabytes" and shit like that.

FOX is just propaganda. It doesn't even come close to reality. At least The Onion is on target.

same way advertising is required to say "dramatization"
or "stunt driver on closed course"
or "don't try this at home"
or "may cause explosive diaherria"

They'll see it as a green light to do it openly, now.

..we read that..it seems like years ago.

But, it's a good thing to relate to people when you're talking about how misinformed faux viewers are.

an opposing view -- into which an actual fact might creep

I thought it was SCOTUS (what can I say, the big stuff sticks but the details can become confused) and had to dig it up. Kind of takes the authority out of the link request, huh?

Funny how this stuff comes in cycles, we are constantly reminded just how much of what we "know" is false, but still we cling to it.

Maybe it's time to draft legislation on the Federal level that prevents shit like this from continuing to go on.

These days, very few of the networks do true News. Most of what's on the cables is opinion with a little bit of information. The real news is now out on the Internet...be it blogged or Twitted. Friday was a classic example...I first found out about MJ's heart attack by checking LBN here and then going to Buzzflash and watched the links there. They were already full while the cables were warming up their minicams and helicopters. By the time they got onto the story, TMZ and News websites were driving the real news, the cables were just along for the ride...and have been ever since. News? Hardly.

Yes...the First Ammendment provides the framework that allows a Faux to live in its parallel universe, and those who chose to watch it do so willingly. There's really little deception here. It's up to the viewer, the consumer to know that the term "news" is better defined "spin"...people now tune into the news and talk that spins it the way they like it.

Government has no business trying to stop political candidates from deliberately lying about each other in campaign ads, a divided state...

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003926782_scow05m.html

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Google has 4,060,000 hits on the phrase "fox news lies". So many lies, so little time

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http://www.faces.com/videos/watch/dblMntF3o1o

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http://www.newshounds.us/

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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2bwu_fox-news-lies-ii_events

The Many Lies of Sean Hannity
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2bwu_fox-news-lies-ii_events


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http://current.com/items/90271095_fox-news-lies-again-lables-sanford-a-d-for-democratic.htm

Fox News Lies, Makes Stuff Up
http://www.actiontrip.com/rei/comments_news.phtml?id=012208_6

Fox News Lies III
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2byj_fox-news-lies-iii_business

Fox News Lies about Obama's Voting Record
http://www.jedreport.com/2008/07/fox-news-lies-a.html

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http://foxnewsboycott.com/fox-friends/fox-news-lies-about-obamas-stance-on-terrorism/

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