Supreme Court Upholds Republican Group's 'right To Lie'

[Quantum Windbag]

No, you didn't simply ask why I thought the ad sounded dishonest, you asked what "makes the ad dishonest", and then said if I can't answer your question I was "a hack who believes everything that is put in front of them as long as it agrees with your bigoted view of the world.

If you need a refresher, here is a quote of what you posted:


If you want rational discussion, then quit attacking people with differing views.

Yes, what makes the ad dishonest? Keep in mind as you ponder your idiotic attempt to deflect from the question that I can prove that everything in the ad is true.

If I wanted rational discussion I wouldn't be replying to religious zealots, would I?

FYI, he who is so stupid he thinks a question is an attack, I did not attack you by asking a question. I am, however, quite willing to unload upon your head if I think you deserve it, like you just demonstrated you did.

 

[Uncensored2008]

In a 2003 lawsuit Fox News admitted that they lie and distort the news...

Of course the liar here is you Comrade, and your lying fuck masters over at KOS.

You/KOS claim this was "Fox," but in fact it was WTVT in Tampa Bay - a locally owned and operated station who ran their own news department,

You see, you Communists are a bunch of lying scumbags who distort things to smear those the party trains you to hate....

 

[bigrebnc1775]

The lie known as obamacare
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[bripat9643]

Sounds like it was a dishonest ad, and if it was then shame on the person or group who tried to run it.

However having a law agains telling a lie then puts the government in charge of defining what is true and what is not....and that wouldn't work so well in the long run.

Same deal with Sent Reid's draft constitutional amendment.

In a 2003 lawsuit Fox News admitted that they lie and distort the news...

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Back in December of 1996, Jane Akre and her husband, Steve Wilson, were hired by FOX as a part of the Fox “Investigators” team at WTVT in Tampa Bay, Florida. In 1997 the team began work on a story about bovine growth hormone (BGH), a controversial substance manufactured by Monsanto Corporation. The couple produced a four-part series revealing that there were many health risks related to BGH and that Florida supermarket chains did little to avoid selling milk from cows treated with the hormone, despite assuring customers otherwise.

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Fox insisted Akre and Wilson to use false statements. Akre and Wilson refused to lie. Fox fired the reporters.

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. They further maintained that she deserved protection under Florida's whistle blower law. Akre was awarded a $425,000 settlement. Inexplicably, however, the court decided that Steve Wilson, her partner in the case, was ruled not wronged by the same actions taken by FOX.

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. (Anybody surprised this happened in Florida?)

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.


Are you implying that we should trust the media to self-police their truthiness?

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Yes, asshole. That's called freedom of speech. Putting the government in charge of deciding the truth is called fascism.