Should it be against the law for news networks to lie?

[Cleita]

155. Everything was run by the Soviet Union because they practiced

communism, where the government runs everything, even the factory that make your shoes. I used this as an example of lying journalism because I'm tired of referencing Nazis although it seems to be the direction our economy is going. However, the Nazi propagandized already existing news outlets. Fascist style governments are opposite of communist ones you know but they often practice the same abuses.

When the Nazis took over Germany, Goebbels became the Propaganda Minister and he controlled all the media. They were privately owned but had to toe the party line and not mention anything anti-Hitler or anti-Nazi. I mean they blatantly called the office the Reich Minister of Propaganda.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Goebbels

Yet the Canadian Broadcasting Company is crown owned or owned and funded by the government. They used to air on what is the Current TV channel today. I watched them during the early dark days when CNN was co-opted as another cable news channel to praise all things George Bush. When Al Gore bought the channel they stopped airing their news programs. Yet, even though government owned they manage to put out legitimate and accurate news. Why? Because they too have to follow the laws that forbid deliberate lies in news in Canada.