mamooth
Diamond Member
I wish I was making this up, but no, FOX News really is going that Stalinist. Since they're getting embarrassed by fact-checkers, they want fact-checking made illegal unless fact-checkers get a government license.
From the article:
Yes, yes, the standard conservative "Pointing out that I lied is censoring me!" argument.
Really, FOX? Because as everyone else sees it, the fact-checkers are press too. And FOX wants them shut down by government force.
So when FOX says a Democrat lies, that would be a fact check, so they'd have to register with the government.
Yeah, right.
So, how many conservatives agree with FOX, and say that government should ban any fact-checkers not approved by the government?
David Marcus: Nobody is checking the social media fact checkers. It's time that changed
Throughout the past year biased fact checking has done irreparable harm to the body politic.
www.foxnews.com
From the article:
The real problem here is not that fact checkers got something wrong, it’s that they have the power to censor what journalism Americans see and consume unilaterally.
Yes, yes, the standard conservative "Pointing out that I lied is censoring me!" argument.
The First Amendment rightly renders government powerless to regulate news outlets’ publishing content from their own in house fact checkers -- they are protected by freedom of the press. But third party independent fact checkers are another story entirely.
Really, FOX? Because as everyone else sees it, the fact-checkers are press too. And FOX wants them shut down by government force.
So what can be done about this dangerous situation? A new bill before the Michigan House of Representatives is a move in the right direction. The bill would require fact checkers to register with the government and carry insurance to cover payment to those who suffer financial damages as a result of a bogus fact check.
So when FOX says a Democrat lies, that would be a fact check, so they'd have to register with the government.
Yeah, right.
So, how many conservatives agree with FOX, and say that government should ban any fact-checkers not approved by the government?
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