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Laelth

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5. Lots of people WANT to be lied to.

Reply to scarytomcat (Reply #4)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 09:40 AM

Jul 2020

In our capitalist system, if there’s demand, someone is going to meet it ... Fox, hate radio, etc.

Again, only a Constitutional amendment could alter this dynamic.

-Laelth

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Who is responsible when wrong information is put out to people? [View all] scarytomcat Jul 2020 OP

Well there was this case against Fox News soothsayer Jul 2020 #1

Our First Amendment is a double-edged sword. Laelth Jul 2020 #2

If a news organization continually puts wrong stuff out scarytomcat Jul 2020 #4

Lots of people WANT to be lied to. Laelth Jul 2020 #5

Many people would rather have simple wrong idea than more complicated good idea. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #8

Just so. n/t Laelth Jul 2020 #10

We need to reintroduce the Fairness Doctrine Victor_c3 Jul 2020 #3

Don't pin your hopes on that. Want anti-maskers to get equal time? Climate deniers? Nazis? Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #7

But it would absolutely tear down fox news Victor_c3 Jul 2020 #13

Meh, no thanks. Dr. Strange Jul 2020 #11

News outlets used to put out retractions in wrongful reporting dreamland Jul 2020 #6

That's because their readers/listeners/viewers valued accuracy. Mariana Jul 2020 #9

We really can't have a democracy without the press being reliable scarytomcat Jul 2020 #12