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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-10 12:14 AM
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FAUX News launches it's next smear of Harry Reid
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201010250044
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-10 06:39 AM
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1. The Media Can Legally Lie
Edited on Tue Oct-26-10 06:39 AM by RC
http://www.relfe.com/media_can_legally_lie.html

In February 2003, a Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying the news in the United States.

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During their appeal, FOX asserted that there are no written rules against distorting news in the media. They argued that, under the First Amendment, broadcasters have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves.
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