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abelenkpe

(9,933 posts)
14. They should be fining FOX for lies
Thu May 10, 2012, 09:27 PM
May 2012

And use anti trust laws to break up fox and all large media corporations

The First Amendment allows them to broadcast their crap The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #1
Yes it is their right SoutherDem May 2012 #4
Well said Meiko May 2012 #6
I have no problem with free speech. aggiesal May 2012 #7
I'm with you on the free speech thing. But there are issues of false advertising, 20score May 2012 #9
Do not call it news then. I'm no expert but as a "news" channel they may have Malikshah May 2012 #20
FCC can come down on the usage of "news". They have a public obligation to report news not lies. firehorse May 2012 #2
If they find News Corp to be a criminal enterprise, couldn't that affect their license? alfredo May 2012 #5
Not just "left wingers" but most in the 'reality based community' see thru FOX FailureToCommunicate May 2012 #3
Yes, but the problem is . . . aggiesal May 2012 #10
I'll believe it when I see it... Brooklyn Dame May 2012 #8
They could, but they won't. DavidDvorkin May 2012 #11
I don't know for sure what the FCC could do... WCGreen May 2012 #12
Right now Fox Turbineguy May 2012 #13
They should be fining FOX for lies abelenkpe May 2012 #14
Kind of a slippery slope IMHO. Ignoring them is the best way. virgogal May 2012 #15
Politically, it would be a very stupid thing to do and would be seen (accurately) as trying to 24601 May 2012 #16
MSNBC does not use airwaves ... aggiesal May 2012 #18
maybe, but simpy lying won't be the grounds stupidicus May 2012 #17
Fox News is not "BROADCAST," as I understand it; they're cable. October May 2012 #19
Fox "News" has the 1st amendment freedom to tell lies, but... OverBurn May 2012 #21
I sure hope so. Fox is just a source of propaganda collected illegally...not news source! Auntie Bush May 2012 #22
Broadcast licenses don't include cable thesquanderer May 2012 #23
I think that would be Fox TV Stations (those owned by NewsCorp), not Fox News fishwax May 2012 #24
The problem is much of the MSM have been hijacked by the right wing crunch60 May 2012 #25
Can the FCC revoke Fox's broadcast licenses? Theoretically yes. Realistically no. onenote May 2012 #26
locking maddezmom May 2012 #27
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