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> and when they do fail they admit it and apologise We have those laws in Poland too. They lie on front page and apologise with small font on the last page.
by pojzon 7y ago
> and when they do fail they admit it and apologise
We have those laws in Poland too. They lie on front page and apologise with small font on the last page.
- red_trumpet 7y agoI wonder what happened if the apology had to be as prominent as the false fact. Imagine a newspaper saying "WE LIED YESTERDAY" on the front-page :D
- RaiseProfits 7y agoOh wow we could have avoided the entire Iraq war!
- ekianjo 7y agoSounds like insurance companies with fine prints.
- endymi0n 7y agoInterestingly enough, in Germany you are forced to use the same page and layout, leading to sometimes very visible retractions... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/9/9c/Bild_Gegendarstellung.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/9/9c/Bild_Gegendar... If you ask me, that‘s a good thing. If the stakes of an ad campaign with fake news or hate speech would be having to run a disproval campaign of the same size, on the same audience (if you are proven wrong) — I‘d be fine with it. Political ads weren‘t the problem. A complete and utter lack of regulation for the medium was.
- rasz 7y agoOr you know, keep the lie because "publicly apologize for using the inaccurate “Polish Death Camps” phrase does not apply in Germany as it would curb freedom of speech." https://polandin.com/38606816/apology-for-polish-death-camps-not-applicable-in-germany-top-court https://polandin.com/38606816/apology-for-polish-death-camps...
- endymi0n 7y agoHey, count me in for solving this one gracefully! https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.der-postillon.com%2F2019%2F09%2Freparationen-polen.html https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https...
- rasz 7y agoThis is German copycat of Onion you linked :)