With all these voting machine companies suing Fox, when will Big Pharma over Vaxxes?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

Just thinking that Fox continues to promote COVID misinformation, so when will Pfizer and Astra-Zeneca sue for defamation?

[RKP5637]

1. I would love to see Fox financially wiped out ... and add Murdoch to that list too.

Murdoch has been destroying the US for years for his profit.

[Beachnutt]

2. All the fox host got the vaccine

and told the sheep it did not work and a waste of time while they were dying of covid.

Statements made with 'reckless disregard' are unprotected by First Amendment
St Amant vs Thompson 1968
https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/604/st-amant-v-thompson

[inthewind21]

7. But

Did they call out any pharma specifically?

[Chakaconcarne]

3. That would be nice to see...

If it gets spread far and wide...maybe it will get picked up.

[Effete Snob]

4. So, we are okay with corporations being people now?

Such that they can care about their reputations and sue over bad things said about them, just as long as the corporations themselves don't have a First Amendment right to say anything?

[RSherman]

8. They have been "people" since 2010

Since the Citizens United decision (terrible ruling)

[Effete Snob]

9. They've been people a lot longer than that

All of the major First Amendment cases pre-2010 involved corporations, unless you believe that freedom of the press only extends to individuals who happen to own one.

[Jerry2144]

5. If they did, I might hate Big Pharma less

Something infinite hate minus three. Still pretty high level of hate. But there would be one grain of respect sand on the beach of reasons why for-profit Big Pharma is evil

[inthewind21]

6. As soon as

Pfizer and Astra-Zeneca can show they defamed them directly and hurt them financially. Just being anti vax isn't enough to hold up in court let alone even make it to court.

[Effete Snob]

10. That's easily shown

https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/10/e003323


Media trust and infection mitigating behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA

Erfei Zhao, Qiao Wu, Eileen M Crimmins, Jennifer A Ailshire


Abstract

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented public health crisis. It is becoming increasingly clear that people’s behavioural responses in the USA during this fast-changing pandemic are associated with their preferred media sources. The polarisation of US media has been reflected in politically motivated messaging around the coronavirus by some media outlets, such as Fox News. This resulted in different messaging around the risks of infection and behavioural changes necessary to mitigate that risk. This study determined if COVID-related behaviours differed according to trust in left-leaning or right-leaning media and how differences changed over the first several months of the pandemic.