Washington state group sues Fox News and Rupert Murdoch over its "deceptive" coronavirus coverage

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Washington state group sues Fox News and Rupert Murdoch over its "deceptive" coronavirus coverage

The suit seeks a court order barring the conservative channel from "publishing further false and deceptive content"

IGOR DERYSHA at Salon

https://www.salon.com/2020/04/07/washington-state-group-sues-fox-news-and-rupert-murdoch-over-its-deceptive-coronavirus-coverage/

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The Murdoch family is preparing for legal battles after Fox News hosts pushed misinformation about the coronavirus.

A Washington state group filed a lawsuit against Fox News, owner Rupert Murdoch and cable providers that seeks a court order barring the right-leaning from airing false information about the virus. The lawsuit was first reported by the Times of San Diego.

The suit, which was filed in King County on Thursday by the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics (WASHLITE), requests an injunction to bar the network from "interfering with reasonable and necessary measures to contain the virus by publishing further false and deceptive content."

The network vowed to fight the lawsuit.

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[a kennedy]

1. Yeehaaaaaa, now this has to be done IN EVERY STATE.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Last I checked it is free speech for the press to lie to you...

and it is free speech for the pig to lie to the press.

The problem is the press takes it, like a beat dog.

[intrepidd]

6. FREE SPEECH IS NOT UNLIMITED

FREE SPEECH IS NOT UNLIMITED
The example often cited is the court case that determined - It is NOT OK to falsely yell "Fire" in a crowded theater.

Spoken and written words can have immediate and fatal consequences.
If people have suffered as a result of Fox lies, it is very possible they will lose.
Fox will argue that at the time they believed that what they wrote was accurate.
The plaintiff has the burden to prove they knew they were lying. Not easy to prove.

[NutmegYankee]

7. No. That ruling was replaced.

That ruling, Schenck v. United States, allowed the government to prosecute anti-war protesters during WWI. It was replaced by the far stricter rules in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_v._Ohio

[SheltieLover]

3. K&R!

[Sherman A1]

4. Good

Sue them into the dirt.

[Maven]

5. Good. Fox News IS a virus that has infected the body politic

I hope that groups in other states follow suit.