Some libs are boycotting Fox News because if it is not a real news channel, why the hell it should be CALLED one?
Even some conservatives are admitting its a thinly veiled propaganda machine.
Isnt it about time that the right wing cop out that "Whine! IF you disagree with us you hate us" and take deliberately misleading information to task?
Watch some conservative squirm around that one.
2007-06-27 07:59:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
ye: Biased as HELL and Reported for paid spam.
2007-06-27 08:05:47 · update #1
Fox NEWS sued for their RIGHT TO LIE
The Right to Lie in the "News"
If ever we needed to know why the biggest media consumers in the world are so badly informed, this pretty well tells it all. The Media Can Legally Lie.
According to Akre and Wilson, the station was initially very excited about the series. But within a week, Fox executives and their attorneys wanted the reporters to use statements from Monsanto representatives that the reporters knew were false and to make other revisions to the story that were in direct conflict with the facts.
Fox editors then tried to force Akre and Wilson to continue to produce the distorted story. When they refused and threatened to report Fox's actions to the FCC, they were both fired.
Akre and Wilson sued the Fox station and on August 18, 2000, a Florida jury unanimously decided that Akre was wrongfully fired by Fox Television when she refused to broadcast (in the jury's words) “a false, distorted or slanted story” about the widespread use of BGH in dairy cows.
[...] FOX appealed the case, and on February 14, 2003 the Florida Second District Court of Appeals unanimously overturned the settlement awarded to Akre. The Court held that Akre’s threat to report the station’s actions to the FCC did not deserve protection under Florida’s whistle blower statute, because Florida’s whistle blower law states that an employer must violate an adopted “law, rule, or regulation."
In a stunningly narrow interpretation of FCC rules, the Florida Appeals court claimed that the FCC policy against falsification of the news does not rise to the level of a "law, rule, or regulation," it was simply a "policy." Therefore, it is up to the station whether or not it wants to report honestly.
During their appeal, FOX asserted that there are no written rules against distorting news in the media. They argued that, under the First Amendment, broadcasters have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves.
Fox attorneys did not dispute Akre’s claim that they pressured her to broadcast a false story, they simply maintained that it was their right to do so.
OK, pick your jaw up off the floor. That some court thinks they CAN is bad enough, that these people assert their right to do so pretty well kicks it all down the hole. And these guys wonder why their credibility is in the toilet and the net is burning them left right and centre.
Oh, and February 2003, 30 days before Iraq.
2007-06-27 08:04:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 7⤋
LOL, I had not noticed a boycott, and neither have the ratings evidently.
Oooo, so big and bad, using words like "hell"!! I am truly impressed. (tic)
Nope, it is about time the right wing and those who want to continue to be enlightened continue to tune into Fox News and watch the liberals squirm around the truth.
BTW, I love Fox News!!
2007-06-27 08:29:10 · answer #2 · answered by clwkcmo 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Fox News have higher viewership than any other cable news network? Yes its conservative leaning, so what? I live in Canada and the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) is left leaning. I don't call for its boycott. If you don't like what you hear don't tune in, its that simple.
2007-06-27 08:39:12 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin D (RIP Adam Yauch MCA) 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I just find this all amusing. Why do you suppose Fox news viewership has a market share equal to all the other stations combined?
Personally I dont watch tv at all so I really dont give a damn.
2007-06-27 08:17:54 · answer #4 · answered by sociald 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't get why you Libs get your panties in a bunch so much over FOX. Don't watch it, if you don't want to. I doubt they will miss you. They are doing pretty darn good in their ratings, so they can laugh all the way to the bank, while you sit at your keyboard and pout.
2007-06-27 08:56:30 · answer #5 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
So libs are boycotting Fox News? So what will you guys ask us on Y/A? Seems libs watch it more than anyone else.
***I Love Fox News***
***Bill Rocks***
2007-06-27 08:12:11 · answer #6 · answered by Jasmine 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I think a lot of people watch Faux News to laugh at it or point out the obvious lies and holes in their logic.
2007-06-27 08:12:40 · answer #7 · answered by feline11105 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
FOX news is just another liberal media they lie just as much as all the others do.
2007-06-27 08:14:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I've always boycotted Fox news channel.
Reuters.com is where I get my news from.
although I do also read much of Yahoo news and on occasion BBC news.
2007-06-27 08:06:10 · answer #9 · answered by Peace Maker 2 · 4⤊ 4⤋
man it never cease to amaze me to what depths you people will go ..you are like 2 year olds throwin a fit
hers a list of liberally slanted media;
pacifica radio
npr
cbs nbc cnn abc
msnbc
johhn stewart
lil bush
most major newspapers
david letterman
corporation for public broadcasting
what the H do you people want ?
2007-06-27 08:11:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋