will no one rid us

[dianaredwing]

of these fake news outlets? Where are the real patriots who will storm their walls and demand that they PROVE their petty allegations? Marat, we're poor, and the poor stay poor. Marat, we can't wait any more. These 'entertainment' entities posing as 'news' need to be brought down NOW.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. The best (and legal) way we can do this is massive boycotts of their advertisers

Followed by people suing them over their lies, as the Seth Rich family did successfully.

Even if somehow we passed some law and made Faux 'News' change their name to 'Fox Talks News' or some shit, it's not going to change anything.

Gotta remove their profitability, it's about all that can be done.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. This. You don't get rid of the christofascists unless you sue them into destitution...

and their organizations defunct. Worked with the KKK.

[ck4829]

4. I feel like there is more we can do in this category. Think, DU, think!

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Sorry, had to do that thing from Invincible.

Critical Race Theory

[brooklynite]

2. Nope...such is the miracle and curse of the First Amendment

[ck4829]

5. Who are the real villains here? The fake news outlets or the fake news outlet believers?

We are in a dazzling era of technology, that people from just a century before would look at what we have and see an age of miracles and fables come to life.

At the touch of one's fingers, one can search for information, instantly talk to people on the other side of the world, see scientific experiments performed in real-time, talk to experts, there are AIs that can tell them facts about things, have weights and measurements accurately converted, take photo and video evidence, and more. So much more.

There is no excuse for being faked out today.

We complain about fake news... when an equal problem are the ones who should and can know better but willingly take fake news by the hand and swallow what they sell without protest or question!

Critical Race Theory

[dianaredwing]

6. the consumers

are not the ones profiting from the lies. Profit is fine until it is out of control.

[ck4829]

7. Ah, but it wasn't the producers storming the Capitol, but the consumers

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It wasn't the producers who went into that Unitarian Church in 2008 and shot at the worshipers with a shotgun, that was a consumer, who was not forced to consume it.

And how are the producers making a profit, the capital isn't materializing out of thin air, but it is given to them, willingly, by the consumer.

Critical Race Theory

[dianaredwing]

8. Agreed

But when the entire purpose of an enterprise is to manipulate the populace through propaganda while subtly threatening those who might question (check out other sources or not monetarily support the candidate) they need to be held responsible, just as TFG should be held responsible even though he wouldn't walk a block with those idiots.

Personal responsibility is a great thing, but some people, the viewers, simply do not have the brains to determine fact from fiction.

I agree also that all those who kill innocent people should be tried and imprisoned, but letting the leaders go because they led the lemmings is a little hard to swallow. I understand the Bill of Rights, but once there was also truth in media and it needs to return and those who don't tell the truth need to be sanctioned, fined, and if possible tried for treasonous inciting.

[Trisherella]

9. I just don't watch them

Why waste our time getting fired up about it?