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Sun Apr-03-11 11:56 AM
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| 11. That's probably what we need: an equivalent of food's "truth in labeling" laws. |
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Just like you can't sell manure labeled as "Oats",
you shouldn't be able to peddle bullshit labeled
with any term including the word "News". So if
Fox wants to continue to broadcast bullshit, they
can do so but they can't label it "Fox NEWS".
Tesha
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| -Canada has a law that bans deliberate falsification of news. Because of this law, Rupert Murdoch's |
Cal33 |
Apr-03-11 11:07 AM |
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We need to bring back The Fairness Doctrine. nt. |
PotatoChip |
Apr-03-11 11:10 AM |
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I think we need a law similar to Canada. Any broadcast labelled as "news" must be factual. |
bullimiami |
Apr-03-11 11:15 AM |
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That's probably what we need: an equivalent of food's "truth in labeling" laws. |
Tesha |
Apr-03-11 11:56 AM |
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Exactly. They can label is the Fox Bullshit Channel. But their sheeple will still probably watch. |
bullimiami |
Apr-03-11 04:39 PM |
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Sadly, |
Keith Bee |
Apr-04-11 01:25 PM |
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Agree 100% |
bluethruandthru |
Apr-05-11 06:34 AM |
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That won't be enough... |
derby378 |
Apr-03-11 11:15 AM |
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The fairness doctrine did not require truth. |
ThomCat |
Apr-03-11 11:35 AM |
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Oh, I agree that it's not enough |
PotatoChip |
Apr-03-11 12:47 PM |
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You can be sure the right-wingers will be fighting against |
Cal33 |
Apr-03-11 02:08 PM |
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I agree. |
PotatoChip |
Apr-04-11 07:08 AM |
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+1000% -- and a law like Canada's -- |
defendandprotect |
Apr-04-11 11:16 AM |
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Now, if we can only make this the news of the day so that right-wingers |
The Backlash Cometh |
Apr-03-11 11:25 AM |
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Canada....every day I am more and more in awe of them. |
BrklynLiberal |
Apr-03-11 11:26 AM |
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They have a Queen. |
oldlib |
Apr-03-11 11:30 AM |
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So? The Queen has ZERO authority over us |
Canuckistanian |
Apr-04-11 06:37 AM |
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And the government briefly tried to repeal that rule a month or so ago |
Posteritatis |
Apr-03-11 11:28 AM |
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The Canadian prime minister is a friend of Murdoch's. He tried to |
Cal33 |
Apr-03-11 11:43 AM |
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Wow -- and this is the only way the right wing rises -- deception, lies, violence, stolen elections |
defendandprotect |
Apr-04-11 11:18 AM |
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There is still a functioning press in Canada |
PSPS |
Apr-03-11 11:29 AM |
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Wish they would have let him in, then had him thrown in jail |
Curmudgeoness |
Apr-03-11 12:04 PM |
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To let him in they'd have to have the law changed, which was |
Cal33 |
Apr-03-11 05:27 PM |
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The problem is: who is the arbiter of what is a fact? |
pnwmom |
Apr-03-11 01:04 PM |
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I don't think it would be too difficult, and I can't see the government |
Cal33 |
Apr-03-11 07:54 PM |
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Republicans hate the Fairness Doctrine |
Kingofalldems |
Apr-04-11 06:42 AM |
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Your DLC New Dems and Blue Dogs don't have much use for a Fair and Balanced media either. |
NorthCarolina |
Apr-04-11 07:16 AM |
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You're right. Some of the New Dems. and Blue Dogs seem |
Cal33 |
Apr-04-11 05:14 PM |
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Heh. See my nickname. |
NoBlueDogs |
Apr-05-11 08:41 AM |
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The founders of the NeoConservatives, among them Irving Kristol, |
Cal33 |
Apr-04-11 08:52 AM |
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Yeah, I recall reading that Strauss taught this philosophy |
Kingofalldems |
Apr-04-11 09:24 AM |
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Strauss taught the same thing a generation earlier. No doubt |
Cal33 |
Apr-04-11 12:30 PM |
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If we had a similar law |
madokie |
Apr-04-11 06:46 AM |
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I agree with you 100%, but all of a sudden it came to mind that in this country, |
robinlynne |
Apr-04-11 11:03 AM |
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I think only the following is applicable: If you own a news |
Cal33 |
Apr-04-11 01:08 PM |
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ok. I'll agree with that. |
robinlynne |
Apr-04-11 01:39 PM |
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I want freedom "from" the press ...when it comes to Murdoch's bull shit. |
L0oniX |
Apr-04-11 12:38 PM |
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Agreed. It's inescapable at this point. |
Initech |
Apr-04-11 01:43 PM |
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I maintain that this law doesn't make Canada less free than the US. -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Apr-04-11 01:09 PM |
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I agree. I don't see how legalizing deliberate falsification of news |
Cal33 |
Apr-04-11 06:47 PM |
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we don't have a free press, our press costs $$$ |
Johonny |
Apr-04-11 06:01 PM |
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"A free press" is not the topic, but "Freedom of the Press," is. |
Cal33 |
Apr-04-11 09:15 PM |
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no, it seems canada can stop the press because they say it is "falsification" |
lawodevolution |
Apr-04-11 06:50 PM |
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Aren't the Canadian people entitled to some decent and honest news reporting? |
Cal33 |
Apr-04-11 09:24 PM |
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This is your opinion. You think the news is better in Canada. That is not certain. |
lawodevolution |
Apr-04-11 09:37 PM |
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With today's speed of information, any newsmedium publishing |
Cal33 |
Apr-05-11 06:32 AM |
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In the US the news is still liable. If you can block "dishonest" news, that's what they |
lawodevolution |
Apr-05-11 08:32 AM |
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"Canada is on its way to being fascist.." I think, only temporarily it looks so. They |
Cal33 |
Apr-05-11 09:37 AM |
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The GOP would never allow this. It would ruin their chances forever! |
mod mom |
Apr-05-11 08:39 AM |
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