▲ 602 ▼ They call themselves a news channel (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by trek32@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 81 comments fedilink hide all child comments Top screenshot and [left] transcript are real and verbatim from Sept 4 broadcast on national TV.
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 2 years ago (3 children) We need to pass legislation that enforces standards around the use of the word "news." We could wipe out a number of media hacks just with that. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ziggurat@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago Fox news was brought to court over fake news. They lost and had to pay 6 months of revenue. But their argument in court was not that they didn't have fake news, but that they are an entertainment channel, not a news channel. permalink fedilink source parent [+] AnxiousOtter@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I agree with the sentiment, but I always worry about the extreme 100 years from now I could definitely see a corrupt government using that legislation to eliminate any news agencies that speak against them permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ziggurat@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago Fox news was brought to court over fake news. They lost and had to pay 6 months of revenue. But their argument in court was not that they didn't have fake news, but that they are an entertainment channel, not a news channel. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I agree with the sentiment, but I always worry about the extreme 100 years from now I could definitely see a corrupt government using that legislation to eliminate any news agencies that speak against them permalink fedilink source parent
