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are we holding all news to the same account regarding deliberate lying for profit? i hate double standards

• rootusrootus 4y ago
  "But whatabout..." Yes, we should everyone accountable for slander & libel. Even journalists.
• nobody9999 4y ago
  > are we holding all news to the same account regarding deliberate lying for profit? >i hate double standards Aren't we? Please provide examples of actual defamation (i.e., lies that were known to be lies, that caused damage to the subject of those lies) that haven't been the subject of legal proceedings? Edit: Changed "libel" to "defamation" to be more inclusive as to give you more opportunity to provide examples.
• JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  People are constantly suing for defamation [1]. The Jones trials entered the public imagination because he's a character and his defense was clownishly incompetent in a way that takes no legal training to laugh at. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-05/alex-jones-to-pay-sandy-hook-parents-in-defamation-case-5-other-cases-to-know?srnd=premium https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-05/alex-jone...
• jmull 4y ago
  > are we holding all news to the same account regarding deliberate lying for profit? Yes. You can sue news media companies under the same laws Alex Jones was sued. People do it all the time.
• bsder 4y ago
  Sadly, no. Liars on CNN get fired. Plaigiarists at the New York Times get fired. Let's contrast this to ... say ... Fox "News". Oh, wait, Fox testified in court that they weren't news. Sorry, my fault.
  • o_1 4y ago
    Is this a cable news doesn't lie pitch? Or is this just another 1sideism?