[kj] FOX "news" isn't news

[The Exorcist]

Not bad as much as sad.

At 06:41 PM 10/23/2009, sade1 wrote:

> > *Groan* You read her as well?!

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>You say that like it's a bad thing.

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>[looking at the current state of things..]

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>'Save me...

>   save me from Tomorrow..

>     I don't want to sail in this Ship Of Fools...'

>

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>From: The Exorcist <killingjoke at theimmortalfool.com>

>To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>

>Sent: Fri, October 23, 2009 12:20:22 AM

>Subject: Re: [kj] FOX "news" isn't news

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>*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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>>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [ 

>>mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Concrete Cookie

>>Sent: Friday, 23 October 2009 9:02 AM

>>To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the

>>Subject: [kj] FOX "news" isn't news

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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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