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Court filings rife with internal communications exposed Fox News’ post-election misinformation push. Newsmax could be next

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

@Odusei Good. Sue all these bastards into oblivion

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Good, fuck newsmax.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Masquerading as "news" while blatantly spewing out whatever toxic and dangerous, insurrectionary bullshit you make up day by day to a community - knowing full well it is bullshit - should and MUST have serious, or at the very least expensive, consequences.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To think where we could be if Reagan hadn't of torn down The Fairness Doctrine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To think where we could be if Reagan hadn't of torn down The Fairness Doctrine.

@Ganondorf the fairness doctrine was only for broadcast media, the FCC was able to regulate it because it used public bandwidth. It wouldn't have applied here. We'd need different regulation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's a good point. I haven't ever watched NewsMax so I'm unclear how it's broadcast, but now that you've brought it up I assume it's streamable and therefore immune from the TFD.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Pass the popcorn, this one is going to be fantastic.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Fuck ‘em.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Newsmax staffers are understandably nervous that their texts, emails, and other correspondence may, too, become part of the public record.

I can't help but think they might have more than one reason to be nervous.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Only one way to find out

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Faster justice, please.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I don't think either NewsMax nor OANN will survive these lawsuits, they don't have FOX money.

[–] axiomaticsquid 2 points 1 year ago

Ah the “find out” stage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I wish there were consequences for intentionally lying to the public in the guise of a news show, regardless of whether it damages corporate profits. I wonder if we're going to get to read Newsmax's internal communications and directly learn what morally bankrupt liars they are, or if they learned their lesson from Fox News.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

How much do you want to bet that, unlike Fox, these idiots actually believe the things they say?

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