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26. As much as I loathe FOX, this is a slippery slope

Wed Dec 15, 2021, 06:34 PM

Dec 2021

that could also be used against liberal/left leaning and anti-Trump news outlets, eg MSNBC.

We live in a divided country and the market has decided that it wants opinion journalism more than 'straight journalism'.

Therefore the answer to FOX is for liberal outlets to hit back harder and convince more people that our arguments are correct.

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Business Insider: It's time that Fox News is considered a political organization, not a news network [View all] Pluvious Dec 2021 OP

It's a domestic terror cell. onecaliberal Dec 2021 #1

They worked hand in glove with the Trump cartel The Wizard Dec 2021 #2

oh really? Takket Dec 2021 #3

Maybe, just maybe, FOX has stepped too far over the line this time. crickets Dec 2021 #4

How about the Ministry of Alternate Truth*? Thomas Hurt Dec 2021 #5

It's time that press credentials for WH are denied FOX and OANN and other propaganda purveyors. Grasswire2 Dec 2021 #6

Can't FCC revoke their license? They were prohibited from UK broadcasting. original Fake News Evolve Dammit Dec 2021 #7

Cable channels are not licensed by the FCC, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #8

Used to be you couldn't swear or show couples in same bed. Archie Bunker was first time you heard a Evolve Dammit Dec 2021 #31

That was all on public airwaves, which aren't pay to watch MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #32

So all internal management decisions, but what happened to regulation? Are you saying cable is just Evolve Dammit Dec 2021 #33

Yes. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #35

Thanks for that. What they are doing meets the definition of "obscene" as it is tearing us apart. Evolve Dammit Dec 2021 #38

I can't argue that, but that's all protected under the 1A. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #40

Agree on that. Limbaugh poisoned minds for 45 years and his "model" spawned hundreds of Evolve Dammit Dec 2021 #41

You nailed it. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #42

Fox was not prohibited from UK broadcasting onenote Dec 2021 #9

"surrendered their license". OK, they are gone. Perhaps England has more discerning viewers. Evolve Dammit Dec 2021 #29

They're back via the Internet with Fox International onenote Dec 2021 #37

BTW, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #36

How the democrats have done nothing about this fake news channel since the 90's, boggles the mind! Mr. Sparkle Dec 2021 #10

And just what do you suggest the Dems do that won't violate the 1A? nt MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #11

Regulate cable Tv and the radio airwaves,brink back the fairness doctrine. Mr. Sparkle Dec 2021 #15

Absolutely no to the FCC regulating those venues, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #16

As opposed to the free for all now? Mr. Sparkle Dec 2021 #17

The 1st Amendment demands free speech, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #18

You are equating free speech with a dangerously run business who kills. Mr. Sparkle Dec 2021 #21

Respectfully, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #23

Agreed! Mr. Sparkle Dec 2021 #43

Good analogy Evolve Dammit Dec 2021 #34

+1000 smirkymonkey Dec 2021 #24

The SEC Divebus Dec 2021 #45

..... MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #46

True Johonny Dec 2021 #12

After learning their involvement in the Capitol, I'd go a step further... Initech Dec 2021 #13

Agreed. Evolve Dammit Dec 2021 #30

K&R UCmeNdc Dec 2021 #14

"Loyal opposition to the Biden administration"? Harker Dec 2021 #19

Opposition? Yes, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #20

They'll survive him somehow, I'm sure. Harker Dec 2021 #22

No doubt. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #25

As much as I loathe FOX, this is a slippery slope radius777 Dec 2021 #26

It also doesn't work onenote Dec 2021 #39

Exactly. The fact is, politics and news radius777 Dec 2021 #44

GOP Media sarcasmo Dec 2021 #27

And therein lies the rub, they get paid whether paying customers can choose what they pay for MagickMuffin Dec 2021 #28