Why can't Fox "news" be forced to remove the "news" from their title?

[Horse with no Name]

And instead, be labeled "entertainment"?
I'm dead serious.
Many folks remember the golden days of journalism when you turned the TV on and watched the news and could pretty much believe that the man in the screen was telling the truth.
Nowadays...not so much. The problem is, not everyone is aware of that.
The FCC should have stringent controls on what channels can broadcast the "news" and that "news" should have to meet acceptable standards of truth.
The REAL problem in this country is these entertainment channels like Fox--when viewers watch it to the exclusion--through laziness, etc. then no wonder it is so hard for the truth to get out there. People BELIEVE the man in the box. If the only man in the box they watch says they are telling them the news, then they are being brainwashed into thinking they are hearing the truth when they are hearing merely editorial opinion.
I don't care if Fox continues to exist or not--but they should NOT be allowed to be labeled "news". They are sheer entertainment for those of the same mindset...but in no realm should it ever be taken for granted by ANY viewer that they are actually hearing the truth.

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Fox News does not occupy an FCC regulated broadcast channel.

So first you have that problem, way before you run headlong into the bill of rights.

[Horse with no Name]

2. I'm not saying that they don't have the right to say what they want

I am saying that they don't have the right to call their lies the truth.
If the FCC can't regulate who is news or who is not on the cable channels--then they should ALL be labeled entertainment. Simple fix with simple legislation.

[Warren Stupidity]

11. that is a first amendment disaster

you cannot have the government deciding what is news and what isn't.

[Ruby the Liberal]

3. Fox = cable channel

I could open a channel called Ruby's News and spew whatever bullshit I wanted and the FCC couldn't touch me.

[Ozymanithrax]

4. Because it is what they call themselves.

There is no law that says they must tell the truth.

Thre is no law that says they can not call propaganda news.

There are truth in advertising laws that advertisers must follow. Laws underwhich advertisers can be prosectured if they violate those laws. (Gold advertisers show that these laws can be circumvented for a long time.) I suppose it is possible that the FCC could regulate those that hold licenses, but they do not do that on cable or unless someone has a wardrome malfunction.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Because "Fox Bullshit" sounds too accurate.

[lib2DaBone]

6. That is a very good point. Faux News is not "News" in any sense...

Fox is a Political Action Committee... and should be governed as such...

[Synicus Maximus]

7. The FCC should have stringent controls on what channels can broadcast the "news" and that "news" sho

What happens when the Repubs take over again and get to control the FCC and they controls what channels broadcast news?

[pinboy3niner]

10. +1. I don't want the government setting"acceptable standards of truth".

Or defining what outlet is allowed to call itself a news program.

[WillowTree]

8. Forced by whom?

[Cleita]

9. Hopefully one day they will have to call themselves

an entertainment channel. There are some out there who are working on changing things. Keep your fingers crossed.

[Orsino]

12. It would be inconsistent--confusing, even--if their name weren't also a lie.

This way, we can be sure of what we're getting.

[BakedAtAMileHigh]

13. ahh, the siren call of censorship

Sorry, but just because we disagree with them doesn't mean we can limit their right to present themselves any way they like. I adore how everyone on the Left is for "free speech" until they find a form of free speech with which they disagree.

Get it through your head; the right to free speech is the right to lie. Deal with it.

Who are you going to get to judge what is "true" on the news and what is "false"? A judge and jury for every news network? Would you jail those you determine to be providing "false news"? For how long? On what charge?

What total nonsense.