Just a sidelight - How many of you know that Fox News has already legally won the right to lie?

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/11-the-media-can-legally-lie/

[derby378]

1. Yep - and here's where I learned about it

http://www.thecorporation.com

[AspenRose]

12. Here's the section on Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZkDikRLQrw

[ShortnFiery]

2. I can't even tolerate the broadcast/cable news.

I'm blessed to have extended cable which contains al jazeera, EruoNews, France24 and RT.

Other than KO and TRMS, I don't listen to USA New Media Personas.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

3. That ruling applies to ALL NEWS... not just FOX.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

7. I know but Fox was the one shameless enough to litigate for something MOST would be embarrassed

about.

"Shameless" is the perfect word to describe them and all who work for them.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

9. Yes, but several other media outlets filed briefs of Amici Curiae in support of FOX's actions.

It's plain that most all media outlets would like to keep their options open when it comes to truthfulness.

[Greyhound]

4. K&R, I did. n/t

[Ian David]

5. Technically, they have the right to force their employees to lie. n/t

[KansDem]

8. Except on their job applications, time-cards, and reasons for calling in sick.

In those instances they want the truth...

[Soylent Brice]

6. "what a wonderful world..."

is next week the beginning of the zombie apocalypse?
it seems to be the only thing left that hasn't happened yet.
:shrug:

[newtothegame]

10. I didn't know that you had to 'win' that right?

:shrug:

We still had a 1st amendment last time I checked.

[AspenRose]

11. Heard about it on Randi Rhodes back in October

[avaistheone1]

13. Yes, I heard about this on the Thom Hartmann show.

It's absurd and repulsive.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

14. Hip waders don't seem to cut it anymore

the depth of the abusive shit is burying us.

[starroute]

15. I posted about it back in July -- and tied it to the Citizens United suit

I don't usually toot my own horn, but this is one case where I really wish people had been paying better attention.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6121700#6122399

But what really scares me is the suit that David Bossie of Citizens United -- the guy who spent most of the 90's running around Arkansas trying to dig up dirt on Bill Clinton -- has brought in an attempt to get political advertising by corporations completely exempted from campaign finance regulations on free speech grounds. That one's due to go to the Supreme Court next fall, and if the court rules for Bossie by the predictable 5-4 margin, there will be no limits at all on corporate/network promotion of particular candidates and issues.

Add in the recent decision by a Florida court of appeals that Fox News has a First Amendment right to lie or distort the news in any way it chooses, and you have all the makings of a perfect storm for the 2010 and 2012 elections. Thanks to corporate personhood run amok, things are looking very bad for democracy just now.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

16. Kicking this. Very salient points, starroute - and deserved of much greater exposure.

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[flyarm]

17. they did it years ago in Florida..eom