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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
I'm kinda flabbergasted at some of the replies here. This isn't a new thing. Fox didn't invent it. It's been successfully used by both sides of the aisle for at least a century. The Chicago Tribune has been a predominantly Republican paper ever since there was a Republican party. Hearst papers created the Spanish American War and got us to take over the Philippeans. The New York Times killed countless stories leading up to WWII that kept the active war in the Atlantic a secret in 1940-41.
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Saying all sides are bad is true but 100% not the point.
It is very gray territory because it is free speech without doubt. What boggles my mind is how it isn't slander.
If I go and post a shit ton of material lying about a company I guarantee you I'd be in very serious trouble. However, if my name is O'Keefe or Breitbart and I do 'investigating reporting' and I heavily edit video to destroys someone's life work or ruins someone's life I can get away with it.
Rachel Maddows is a type of hero for me but her little fight with Politifact made me very angry and her editing things she said should have consequences.
The problem isn't this side or that side or they did it first.
However, with all that said I think making any organization with the power to call out truth or lie as a government function would be disastrous.
The only solution is to stay open. Understand that we are gullible and should do much more digging ourselves and call out bullshit when we see it.
I quit watching FOX the Liars, MSNBC the Smug Hypocrites and CNN the Teenage Texters. Its all a big box of bullshit.
I watch Democracy Now! pretty much every day. They are a bit leftish but they skewer pretty much anybody caught lying.