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Trump Administration to CNN: I want them prosecuted!
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom sues Fox News over alleged defamation in story about call with Trump
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has sued Fox News over alleged defamation, saying the network knowingly aired false information about him over a phone call he had with President Donald Trump around the time the National Guard was sent Los Angeles.
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As always we end with this. Plus what did CNN do specifically to justify what's being thrown in. It is always going to end with 1st amendment issues.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
If we ever get a sane government again, maybe it's time to consider some legally sound way of limiting freedom of the press -- other than clearly labeled opinion -- to reporting only verifiably accurate news.
And yes, I understand the danger in what I am advocating.
And yes, I understand the danger in what I am advocating.
Won't happen, because Fox News, Newsmaxx, OANN and their ilk along with every religious outlet in the country would object. The last thing they want is "verifiably accurate news".
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
In a sane government, that would not derail it. The real stumbling block is in recreating a sane government now.
"Verifiably accurate" are words that should strike terror every time they are spoken. And who decides what is "verifiably accurate?" To rephrase an old quote, "Who verifies the verifiers?"
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
There are still ways to fact check, even if most have conveniently forgotten how.
The story posted by the OP states that CNN is promoting an app that impedes law enforcement. Correct me if I am wrong, but that is, to the best of my knowledge, a crime.
It's not a crime to have a radar detector in most of the United States or use Waze while driving. How is this app any different? They all provide early warnings to the presence of law enforcement without doing anything else to impede it. There must be some significant legal precedent there.
That would be wrong on such a great number of areas. The only thing that can be blocked is confidential preparation information that might endanger lives; that is the argument in the San Francisco claim that a broadcaster interferred with an ICE action that was confidential.
As to broadcasting such information, the general rule has not changed since WW II when the press might know about pending actions but did not release the information until officially given consent.
I’d be happy if people harmed by this stuff could at least have a better chance at recourse.
It’s going to be worse with AI. The Alliance Defense Fund is already suing on behalf of the Babylon Bee over a Hawaii law that sought to prevent fakes that wrongly portrayed candidates for office.
We’re getting into dark territory where everyone will have to defend themselves over things they never said or did and knowing how many uneducated people of all extremes seem to enjoy mob justice, right about now I’m saving up for a bunker.
It’s going to be worse with AI. The Alliance Defense Fund is already suing on behalf of the Babylon Bee over a Hawaii law that sought to prevent fakes that wrongly portrayed candidates for office.
We’re getting into dark territory where everyone will have to defend themselves over things they never said or did and knowing how many uneducated people of all extremes seem to enjoy mob justice, right about now I’m saving up for a bunker.
In other words, the only kind of "news" they want is today's political and religious judgmentalism disguised as news.
It's the responsibility and role of free press to hold our leaders accountable. Period. The felon occupant is not an exception to that. 😡
Hopefully, CNN will never be intimidated by this administration's shameful and despicable tactics.
Hopefully, CNN will never be intimidated by this administration's shameful and despicable tactics.
CNN most definitely will. With Scott Jennings and Bill Maher part of that station and the station taking a "both sides approach" their response will probably be "who knows? Maybe we should, maybe we shouldn't be prosecuted. 🤷♂️"
Fox News already used their excuse in court: their opinion hosts are "entertainment", not "news".
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
I move that they change their name to not include the word "news", if that's how they want to play.
True too and there are two entities within Fox that call themselves Fox News one is “Fox News Channel” which is a division within Fox Nation that caters to a demographic of Trump Supporters and there’s the other Fox News like “Live Now on Fox” which is managed by Fox Television Stations aka Fox Local. If there are stories Trump does not like about Fox News it’s coming from the “Live Now on Fox” one given this is the one proving Local Fox O&O’s with National news content and not as politically loaded as the the Fox Nation one.
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K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
And to think this is an offshoot of the network that originally brought us "Married With Children".
True that-- the same network that made that successful now has a "news" (entertainment) channel that caters to those who hate it and similar things.