[kj] FOX "news" isn't news

[Karen Weil]

I've heard about that; it's pretty damning.  

k.w.
the States 
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  Just in case anyone was still under the assumption that FOX (or any news station in this country, considering the story below...) had any journalistic credibility.

  Today I read about a very interesting case of 2 fox journalists Steve Wilson and Jane Akre, reporting about rBGH used in milk even though the advertising on the milk said there was no bovine growth hormone.  Monsanto was very unhappy about the story coming out and Fox basically fired the journalists.

  Wilson and Akre sued and won the suit in front of a jury, regardless FOX still reported on the news that they had won.

  Fox later took the case to federal court where they convinced the judges that FCC rules about grievous harm to the public done by LYING ON THE NEWS are only SUGGESTIONS and not enforceable law.  Judges agreed, hence setting the precedent that lying is not really enforceable.

  Of course, trying saying F*($ on television and saying that it's just a silly FCC rule that no one can enforce... lol

  Without changing the laws all we have is propaganda.


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