Fox News

[rickc]

Should Fox News and other right wing News sites be shut down for continuing to perpetuate the lies that have resulted in an American Insurection?

More attacks are planned. How will it end.

 

[TrumpVirus 2020]

I voted no, but it wasn't easy. Wish I knew what the answer is. When people are allowed to spout lie after lie because that is what their fans want to hear, it's dangerous.

Everybody has an opinion, but to just flat out lie all the time eventually leads to where we are today.

 

[SMTA]

Should Fox News and other right wing News sites be shut down for continuing to perpetuate the lies that have resulted in an American Insurection?

More attacks are planned. How will it end.

Handcuff then together, then stand then in a circle around governmental buildings as a first line of parking speed bump defensive measures.

 

[Callen]

No, as hard as that is to say , but their advertisers need to do the right thing and pull their dollars and responsible, thinking conservatives with a voice need to denounce and repudiate their lies.

It was interesting to hear Toomey say that not one single Senator told him that they believed the election was stolen, not one! Rather they told him that if they didn' t say they thought there was fraud they would " look" bad . He needs to go on Fox and say that!

 

[HIP56948]

First thing that should be done is we strip them of the "News" bullsh!t. Perhaps "Fox Opinion" or whatever. Next, the other big networks need to call them out by name each and every time they spout their exaggerations or outright lies. These people have poisoned the minds of 50 million or more of the USA populace.
Personally, if I had the power, I'd shut them down completely and ship the major players off to the cornfield. (Cornfield is the place where little Timmy sent those who pissed him off...in an episode of "The Twilight Zone") If you've never seen that episode..you do NOT want to piss Timmy off....The episode is downright chilling...and one of the best.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Should Fox News and other right wing News sites be shut down for continuing to perpetuate the lies that have resulted in an American Insurection?

More attacks are planned. How will it end.

No, I am kind of a big fan of the first amendment (and the principal of free speech)

However, if private companies want to stop advertising due to blowback, that is fine too (and also part of the first amendment)

I still believe society can successfully regulate itself

 

[MSgt]

Should Fox News and other right wing News sites be shut down for continuing to perpetuate the lies that have resulted in an American Insurection?

More attacks are planned. How will it end.

The problem is less about how highly manipulating right-wing propaganda and their mouth pieces are; and more about how highly ignorant, uneducated, and hopelessly susceptible to manipulation far too many Americans choose to be. In the meantime....

2012 Study: They found that someone who watched only Fox News would be expected to answer 1.04 domestic questions correctly compared to 1.22 for those who watched no news at all.



2015 Study: A new study by Bruce Bartlett, a conservative economist, top official in the H.W. Bush administration and domestic policy adviser to Ronald Reagan, concluded that Fox News viewers tend to be less informed and engage in "self-brainwashing."



2016 Study: William Poundstone has done similar surveys, both of current events and with more general knowledge. "In my research too, Fox News viewers scored the lowest of over 30 popular news sources (though Fox viewers did at least score better than those saying they didn't follow the news)."



2017 Study: Trump has received unsparing coverage for most weeks of his presidency, without a single major topic where Trump’s coverage, on balance, was more positive than negative, setting a new standard for unfavorable press coverage of a president. Fox was the only news outlet in the study that came close to giving Trump positive coverage overall, however, there was variation in the tone of Fox’s coverage depending on the topic. When Trump’s category-by-category coverage was examined for each of the seven U.S. news outlets in our study, a consistent pattern emerged. The sources of Trump’s most and least negative coverage were similar for every outlet, except for Fox News.



2019 Study: Fox News likes to tout the “hard news” side of its operation, setting up a false distinction between its right-wing prime-time hosts and the members of its news team as a defense against those who flag the propaganda, lies, conspiracy theories, and bigotry that pervade the network. But a Media Matters investigation found that the “news side” isn't as inoculated as the network claims. We looked at Fox News and Fox Business programming for the first four months of 2019, and we documented examples of the “news” division spreading misinformation on air every single day between January 1 and April 30.

 

[calamity]

Should Fox News and other right wing News sites be shut down for continuing to perpetuate the lies that have resulted in an American Insurection?

More attacks are planned. How will it end.

Other.

Bring back the fairness doctrine, and also find a way to prevent outright lies from being spewed by anyone calling themselves "news."

For example: Tucker wins a lawsuit by claiming he is not saying anything a reasonable person would consider fact. That then should be scrolled beneath his face every time he talks.

"Warning! Everything Tucker says is Bullshit!"

 

[noonereal]

Should Fox News and other right wing News sites be shut down for continuing to perpetuate the lies that have resulted in an American Insurection?

More attacks are planned. How will it end.

I think the answer is labeling.
It needs to be written on the screen that the shows are fictionalized editorial.
This may not help as much as it could as few of the unwashed would understand what fictionalized editorial was.

 

[Helix]

No. However, they are doing a lot of damage. As someone said upthread, more pressure needs to be put on their advertisers.

 

[ecofarm]

All news sources must be legally allowed to quote the President. Shutting down the sources that do so will not change anything.

The President of the US claims America is a fraud.

 

[Mongidig]

I think they should have to make it known before each broadcast that what they are saying is for entertainment purposes only. I also think a governing body should be able to let the viewers know when something is a lie or misleading like Twitter does.

 

[noonereal]

All news sources must be legally allowed to quote the President.

I agree.

The problem is the President if he is spewing lies.

 

[Slartibartfast]

I agree.

The problem is the President if he is spewing lies.

They should be legally allowed to label the quotes as lies.

 

[Bullseye]

Should Fox News and other right wing News sites be shut down for continuing to perpetuate the lies that have resulted in an American Insurection?

More attacks are planned. How will it end.

First Amendment to the US Constitution. Saying things you don’t agree with is a Constitutional right. Kinda like what you’re doing right here on DP.

 

[Bullseye]

I voted no, but it wasn't easy. Wish I knew what the answer is. When people are allowed to spout lie after lie because that is what their fans want to hear, it's dangerous.

Everybody has an opinion, but to just flat out lie all the time eventually leads to where we are today.

You mean like CNN, MSNBC, NYT, and WaPoo?

 

[calamity]

You mean like CNN, MSNBC, NYT, and WaPoo?

Actually, no.

 

[Bullseye]

Actually, no.

Well done. You’re get an extra cookie when your gurus serve you the Kool Aid tonight.

 

[mike2810]

News sources need to quit editorializing the stories/events they cover. Reporters need to get back to reporting and validating what they write. The rush to be the "first" has to stop. Video/Photo/sound clip shown must be explained for context, especially when edited.

For those who pay attention it is not hard to see the political lean of a news media. The problem is some do not pay attention.

 

[ecofarm]

I agree.

The problem is the President if he is spewing lies.

If a news station was coming up with lies all on its own, what would that be? A tabloid; harmless.

 

[Callen]

First Amendment to the US Constitution. Saying things you don’t agree with is a Constitutional right

That is not true. There is no Constitutional right to say things others don't agree with. The only Constitutional right that applies to speech is that the government has no right to limit your speech. Corporations, private institutions and employers have every righr to limit speech as it relates to their juristiction.

 

[Bullseye]

No, as hard as that is to say , but their advertisers need to do the right thing and pull their dollars and responsible, thinking conservatives with a voice need to denounce and repudiate their lies.

It was interesting to hear Toomey say that not one single Senator told him that they believed the election was stolen, not one! Rather they told him that if they didn' t say they thought there was fraud they would " look" bad . He needs to go on Fox and say that!

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Responsible, thinking conservatives think exposure to differing reportage and analysis is vital to our Democracy. Curtailing one side of news is a prime tactical of fascists, and you guys AREN’T fascists - ARE YOU?

 

[noonereal]

If a news station was coming up with lies all on its own, what would that be? A tabloid; harmless.

Why do you say it is harmless?

It can be harmless or it can be of great harm.

 

[ecofarm]

Why do you say it is harmless?

It can be harmless or it can be of great harm.

Unsourced lies are harmless. If tabloids were a problem, they wouldn't be a dime a dozen at grocery store registers.

 

[Bullseye]

That is not true. There is no Constitutional right to say things others don't agree with. The only Constitutional right that applies to speech is that the government has no right to limit your speech. Corporations, private institutions and employers have every righr to limit speech as it relates to their juristiction.

Sorry, no. Legal action to silence Fox would definitely be a constitutional violation. Corporations, etc. can limit speech within their jurisdions - within limitations.