No matter where you fall politically...
Jun. 26th, 2009 03:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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This is disgusting, and more than a little horrifying. http://www.ceasespin.org/ceasespin_blog/ceasespin_blogger_files/fox_news_gets_okay_to_misinform_public.html
ETA: Okay, it's been brought to my attention that this story is several years old. For not catching that, I apologize. Mea culpa.
That said, especially in this day and age of warring "Red vs. Blue News Media," I think the ultimate point stands. And that is, why do we have laws governing truth in advertising, but not truth in news reporting?
Whether it's Fox or MSNBC, some level of oversight--or at least a statute that says, "Uh, hey, guys? Tell the truth"--wouldn't be a bad idea.
This is disgusting, and more than a little horrifying. http://www.ceasespin.org/ceasespin_blog/ceasespin_blogger_files/fox_news_gets_okay_to_misinform_public.html
ETA: Okay, it's been brought to my attention that this story is several years old. For not catching that, I apologize. Mea culpa.
That said, especially in this day and age of warring "Red vs. Blue News Media," I think the ultimate point stands. And that is, why do we have laws governing truth in advertising, but not truth in news reporting?
Whether it's Fox or MSNBC, some level of oversight--or at least a statute that says, "Uh, hey, guys? Tell the truth"--wouldn't be a bad idea.
