Can FOX be sued for promoting the lie the election was stolen

[Tribetime]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Nope.

[Thekaspervote]

2. They are licensed as entertainment..so no. Not sure why they are able to use fux news thou

[SmartVoter22]

7. Cable vs Broadcast

One is held to high legally bound journalistic standards and the laws of libel, slander and malice under the 1934 & 1996 Communications Acts
Like printed newspapers, magazines and ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS.

The other is purely scripted fiction, like a b-grade movie; full of innuendo, speculation and lies, posing as truths.
Like foxnews, oan, newsmax, talk radio and any other opinion oriented fringe propaganda.

Congress could knee-cap the fictional 'news' by protecting the word 'news' only for use by those legally bound entities.

Fox News would have to be renamed to... FoxOpinion or FoxInnuendo. News would be a respected word again, one trusted to provide factual information validated by experts in a reports topic. Like it was before cable came along.

A simple Congressional definition of the word news to protect it.

[MarcATL]

3. Yes.

I believe that they should and they will be.

[Celerity]

4. no (a lawsuit could be filed, but would be instantly tossed out) nt

[Dr. Strange]

5. Sued by whom?

Can we sue politicians who make the claim that the election was stolen? Can politicians who challenge electoral votes be sued?

If we're going down the road of penalizing people for claiming the election was stolen, I'd start with politicians and lawmakers before the media.

[GulfCoast66]

6. No. Well, anyone can be sued. But it would be tossed immediately.

[Tribetime]

8. Kick I guess they can