[kj] FOX "news" isn't news

[The Exorcist]

*Groan* You read her as well?!

At 06:14 PM 10/22/2009, Brendan wrote:

>They both appear in Naomi Klein's 'The Corporation' - a must see doco.

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>Just in case anyone was still under the assumption that FOX (or any 

>news station in this country, considering the story below...) had 

>any journalistic credibility.

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>Today I read about a very interesting case of 2 fox journalists 

>Steve Wilson and Jane Akre, reporting about rBGH used in milk even 

>though the advertising on the milk said there was no bovine growth 

>hormone.  Monsanto was very unhappy about the story coming out and 

>Fox basically fired the journalists.

>

>Wilson and Akre sued and won the suit in front of a jury, regardless 

>FOX still reported on the news that they had won.

>

>Fox later took the case to federal court where they convinced the 

>judges that FCC rules about grievous harm to the public done by 

>LYING ON THE NEWS are only SUGGESTIONS and not enforceable 

>law.  Judges agreed, hence setting the precedent that lying is not 

>really enforceable.

>

>Of course, trying saying F*($ on television and saying that it's 

>just a silly FCC rule that no one can enforce... lol

>

>Without changing the laws all we have is propaganda.

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