Top screenshot and [left] transcript are real and verbatim from Sept 4 broadcast on national TV.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    13 days ago

    We need to pass legislation that enforces standards around the use of the word “news.” We could wipe out a number of media hacks just with that.

    • ziggurat@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      Fox news was brought to court over fake news. They lost and had to pay 6 months of revenue. But their argument in court was not that they didn’t have fake news, but that they are an entertainment channel, not a news channel.

    • BleatingZombie@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      I agree with the sentiment, but I always worry about the extreme 100 years from now

      I could definitely see a corrupt government using that legislation to eliminate any news agencies that speak against them