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Farmer-Rick

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1. This is what happens when you put NO restrictions on corporations and

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2022, 11:33 AM

May 2022

organizations falsely calling themselves news. There should be a criteria established and enforced that requires media using the label "News" to actually not publish lies. It's like labeling pork beef when they make up these sites and claim they are a "News" organization.

It started with FOX and then we got Russian propaganda sites and now everyone is dumping lies and labeling it news. We need more regulations and less capitalism in the market place of Media.

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A "pink slime" news outlet is an outlet that makes a planted story look like local news. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 OP

This is what happens when you put NO restrictions on corporations and Farmer-Rick May 2022 #1

What you propose would violate the First Amendment. mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 #2

Isn't there an FCC, though? Isn't Oak Park River Forest H.S or the local district board entitled ancianita May 2022 #5

No it is clearly and obviously NOT a violation of freedom of speech Farmer-Rick May 2022 #6

What about food labeling laws? kcr May 2022 #10

As election looms, a network of mysterious 'pink slime' local news outlets nearly triples in size mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 #3

FOX just isn't spreading enough lies to suit some people. Wow. nt crickets May 2022 #4

Pink Slime?? EndlessWire May 2022 #7

It refers to the story from 10 years back about "lean finely textured beef"... JHB May 2022 #8

TY! EndlessWire May 2022 #11

Sounds like pasteurized process (Republican) cheese food product." calimary Jun 2022 #14

I kind of wonder.... TheRealNorth May 2022 #9

I don't think so. I use Google News a lot, and I don't see links to these fake sites. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 #12

In case you're wondering who falls for this stuff and spread it as much as he can: mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 #13