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Trump threatens CNN over its Iran coverage after announcing ceasefire plan
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2026
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oh.. yes goof ball... open that box...
I'm sure your friends at Fox would love for you to set require that news agencies need to provide evidence for what they report.
Fox claims they arent news, but entertainment. It is how they have avoided lawsuits for decades.
It’s not news, it’s infotainment.
It’s not a lottery, it’s sweepstakes.
It’s not a media company, it’s a technology company.
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It’s fucking crazy how we write laws to govern entities, but we miraculously ignore any potential for legal criteria to define what constitutes each entity. At minimum, enough so that those entities can reclassify themselves with a wave of the hand to avoid the regulation.
Fucking word games. That’s what our legal system has succumbed to. The same kind of shit your parents used to yell at you for.
They argued at one point in court that no reasonable person would believe them.
That only applies to specific opinion shows like Tucker Carlson's. They have actual news segments that do have requirements to report factual information
Yeah that was their argument.
"Oh THIS show is entertainment but this other one is news! They just look completely the same and air back to back!"
It was bullshit pedantry then and it still is.
It's a reasonable distinction in theory but the two should be clearly labeled for what they are. You're absolutely right that they intentionally don't do that.
As far as I know, that only applied to their talk shows, like tucker carlson's old show before he got them sued by the dominion voting machine company.
They are pointing out that he did not provide any evidence that it's inaccurate.