I think that's probably at least the intention of the legislation. When PETA films some normal farm procedure, they'll add ominous music, show only the most hor

I think that's probably at least the intention of the legislation. When PETA films some normal farm procedure, they'll add ominous music, show only the most horrid parts of whatever is happening, desaturate the pictures and tar the entire industry with being gruesome. Under 1st Amendment rights, they're allowed to do this. They're not showing anything that didn't happen so it isn't libelous. Personally I think the first amendment is out of date. The appeal to it's authority is a prime example of the Historians Fallacy[1]. In many other countries there are restrictions on speech -- and that is seen as a generally good thing. Eg. hate speech, and holocaust denial. Defamation cases are also able to hide behind the first amendment in the USA, where they cannot elsewhere. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historian%27s_fallacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historian%27s_fallacy