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scarytomcat

(1,706 posts) Wed Jul 8, 2020, 08:51 AM Jul 2020

Who is responsible when wrong information is put out to people? [View all]

Does it now fall on us to check everything for ourselves if we could even do that.
Is facebook responsible when inaccurate information is put out on their wire?
Twitter?
How about faux news? The evening news? Senators? Governors? Government workers?
Who will take responsibility? People are dying because they got bad information and continue to believe fake news, real false news. This has to stop.

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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