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meanit

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22. I just don't see

Fri Feb 28, 2014, 01:15 PM

Feb 2014

how reigning in the deliberate feeding of lies passed off as factual news is against the 1st Amendment.
If I give a false report to a police officer, I will be arrested. If I heckle and disrupt an organized meeting, I will be removed and possibly charged with disorderly conduct. If I walk up and down the street with a bull horn speaking my political opinions, I will most likely be charged with a noise infraction. If I yell fire in a crowded movie theater, I will most likely be arrested for inciting a riot.
There are some places and instances where the freedom to say and do anything can have serious consequences. Lying about news to the American public in what is perceived and expected to be in an official capacity is one of them.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and the free speech to say what they think. But the news is not an opinion and opinions are not the news.

There should be consequences for the deceptions that FOX and the other offenders pull.

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I Lost My Dad to Fox News [View all] xchrom Feb 2014 OP

My mom has Fox news as her background noise to her daily activities Ex Lurker Feb 2014 #1

Switch the channel when she goes to the bathroom and then leave the house...Ed Show is perfect. nt kelliekat44 Feb 2014 #4

Yup. In my case its my 80 year old mom. nt riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #2

ALL DAY LONG. HughBeaumont Feb 2014 #3

+1. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #8

the tactics and strategies are working beachbum bob Feb 2014 #5

we ran into this problem MFM008 Feb 2014 #6

67 - 68 is that sweet spot where they grew up with Walter, Chet and David and Edward at 6:30 liberal N proud Feb 2014 #7

Well said! That's what I was trying to get to in my post #30. I had that problem with RKP5637 Feb 2014 #31

Block the channel using the child lockout if he has a box... Historic NY Feb 2014 #9

This will not stop meanit Feb 2014 #10

Our 1st Amendment, as always, is both a blessing and a curse. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #14

Before media de-regulation meanit Feb 2014 #19

It's OK to lie in the US. Always has been, probably always will be. Laelth Feb 2014 #21

I just don't see meanit Feb 2014 #22

I'm glad someone finally admitted it. Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #11

My parents went from active left-wing democrats into Fox News right-wingers enough Feb 2014 #12

Interesting. k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #13

Both of my parents are lost to Faux. tridim Feb 2014 #15

Whereas my 80-year-old mother Proud Public Servant Feb 2014 #16

OTOH, My 71 year old white Mom has cable, watches MSNBC all day, and loves Obama. Dawgs Feb 2014 #17

Good for her too! Proud Public Servant Feb 2014 #18

Actually, let me give Dad equal time Proud Public Servant Feb 2014 #20

i did for shy of a decade. he shook himself loose though. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #23

To all too large a degree, I have too Populist_Prole Feb 2014 #24

Rec. Great comments. Basic human themes. nilesobek Feb 2014 #25

I am 68 and would never watch FOX news upaloopa Feb 2014 #26

Many often fail to realize there are also many younger people who do the same. I recall well RKP5637 Feb 2014 #30

I'm 65 and agree with you 100%. llmart Feb 2014 #33

Brainwashing for profit! Fox News hit on the recipe combining hatred and fear with patriotism RKP5637 Feb 2014 #27

Their narrative requires them to amp up the hysteria with every Dem victory. reformist2 Feb 2014 #28

Usually driving busted minivans with nobama and obummer stickers on the bumper. Ed Suspicious Feb 2014 #29

worse than Alzheimer's Viking12 Feb 2014 #32

my mom just turned 80, but she is black noiretextatique Feb 2014 #34

Foxnews is the work of satan. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #35

My dad is 67... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #36

My father will turn 70 in July. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2014 #37

Beware of the "getting older means getting more conservative" meme.... Bigmack Feb 2014 #38

My mother discovered Fox HeiressofBickworth Feb 2014 #39

What's really horrifying... spinbaby Feb 2014 #40