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GGJohn

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35. Well, then they're dumbasses,

Reply to Rex (Reply #34)

Sun Mar 8, 2015, 10:58 PM

Mar 2015

the FCC has no authority over cable networks and cable networks don't need a license to broadcast.

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The "Petition Against Fox" makes us look bad. [View all] FrodosPet Mar 2015 OP

It's driving you guys crazy! RandiFan1290 Mar 2015 #1

Yeah, false info like that does tend to drive us crazy. eom. GGJohn Mar 2015 #4

Yes, counterproductive actions drive me nuts FrodosPet Mar 2015 #5

Unfortunately, you don't come across as someone who understands long term game plan Hutzpa Mar 2015 #13

... NuclearDem Mar 2015 #23

I generally don't like "take them off the air" drives, even when valid. arcane1 Mar 2015 #2

Yes, but post #150 makes you look like a no-kiddin' comic genius!! WillowTree Mar 2015 #3

Ya gotta laugh! Ya gotta dance! Ya gotta sing! Ya gotta smile! FrodosPet Mar 2015 #46

Nobody pays any attention to internet petitions anyhow, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2015 #6

Fox "might" play victim? That is their whole defence schtick! Fox must die. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #7

You really think the American people would support shutting down a major news network? Kurska Mar 2015 #10

Fox is a cancer - a racist, mysoginistic , treasonous propaganda tool of two men. Not news. Not free speech. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #14

No one is defending the merit of fox news. Kurska Mar 2015 #15

Stop calling Fox a "news source". No one buys that..your whole defence of Fox is off the rails right there Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #26

The courts, whom I believe over you, disagree with you. GGJohn Mar 2015 #16

Idiotic, it is pro-censorship. Kurska Mar 2015 #8

You have got to be shitting me. Hutzpa Mar 2015 #9

So just because we're left-wing, we're supposed to support authoritarian attempts to silence Kurska Mar 2015 #11

Authoritarian attempt?? Hutzpa Mar 2015 #17

A petition to get Fox to stop lying and manufacturing lies and spreading fear and hate? Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #19

No, it's a petition to have the FCC pull Fox News license, GGJohn Mar 2015 #22

What action? GGJohn Mar 2015 #20

Shutting down opposition new sources is authoritarian. Kurska Mar 2015 #21

Your main fault is that you think Fox is a "news hub". It is not. It never was, or will be. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #24

No matter how much you dislike it. Kurska Mar 2015 #27

It is not a personal thing. It is a fact. You think Fox is "news". You are wrong. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #28

No actually Fred your opinion is not fact. Kurska Mar 2015 #29

I believe Fox had numerous opportunity to broadcast factual News Hutzpa Mar 2015 #39

I'm not defending the merits of fox news Kurska Mar 2015 #40

Yeah. who gives a shit about the first amendment anyway. Travis_0004 Mar 2015 #33

First amendments does not give you the right to use hateful words Hutzpa Mar 2015 #41

Whaaaaa? It most certainly does. GGJohn Mar 2015 #44

Please try not to get the first amendment twisted Hutzpa Mar 2015 #51

Again, show us the law that makes it illegal to use hateful speech towards another. GGJohn Mar 2015 #54

Hateful speech is part of free speech. Codeine Mar 2015 #60

I'm still waiting for him/her to cite the law that says hate speech is illegal. eom. GGJohn Mar 2015 #61

Absolutely right. nt COLGATE4 Mar 2015 #63

Then why don't you use all your intelligennce gained Hutzpa Mar 2015 #65

You might not like the answer. Throd Mar 2015 #66

There is a federal law expressly forbidding threatening federal officials, GGJohn Mar 2015 #67

That's not even vaguely the topic being discussed Codeine Mar 2015 #74

The supreme court has allowed the kkk, flag burning etc. Travis_0004 Mar 2015 #71

you are confusing what is free speech and what kind of speech may have repercussions Skittles Mar 2015 #68

There is no prohibition under the First Amendment against COLGATE4 Mar 2015 #62

Did you find an asterisk on the Bill of Rights... Oktober Mar 2015 #69

Why? WillowTree Mar 2015 #12

Reading what on DU? GGJohn Mar 2015 #18

Child please. Hutzpa Mar 2015 #47

That the best you got? GGJohn Mar 2015 #48

Simple Hutzpa Mar 2015 #52

IOW, you can't refute any of my post. eom. GGJohn Mar 2015 #55

I don't need to Hutzpa Mar 2015 #57

So all you have left are insults? GGJohn Mar 2015 #59

Hey, still waiting for you to cite the law that makes it illegal to use hateful words GGJohn Mar 2015 #64

This ranks right up there with pintobean Mar 2015 #73

It makes the signers and promoters of the petition look stupid. tammywammy Mar 2015 #25

This is it right here! FrodosPet Mar 2015 #38

Wait...you are saying Foxnews does not distort the truth or create hoaxes? Rex Mar 2015 #30

No. They're saying that it's a stupid petition because the FCC has no authority to do what it asks. WillowTree Mar 2015 #32

Well the petition seems to think it DOES have the authority based on those conditions. Rex Mar 2015 #34

Well, then they're dumbasses, GGJohn Mar 2015 #35

The petition thinks? Really? WillowTree Mar 2015 #36

You know what I meant smartass. Rex Mar 2015 #37

That is what makes them dumb... Oktober Mar 2015 #70

I am not saying that at all FrodosPet Mar 2015 #42

Hmmm...I wonder if anyone has informed the author of the petition Rex Mar 2015 #45

I don't believe in Communal Guilt. Don't like it? Don't sign it. MADem Mar 2015 #31

Wait a minute, I don't think the FCC has any jurisdiction over Fox or any other cable outlet tularetom Mar 2015 #43

Yes, anybody who wants to can circulate a petition. FrodosPet Mar 2015 #56

Hell yes! Let's set that precedent! What could go wrong? Throd Mar 2015 #49

What could go wrong? Well....... WillowTree Mar 2015 #50

I'm more worried by the number of people willing to give that power to government. Throd Mar 2015 #53

That too. For sure. WillowTree Mar 2015 #58

It doesn't sound like it could be successful treestar Mar 2015 #72