This one's so bad its funny. The writer said the jury "awarded a
settlement" twice.
Juries award settlements? Which "I hate Fox and will make up
anything about them" frind of yours wrote this?
PS: It says Fox won the case, not lost. So you really hurt
yourself with this one anyway.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jersey Shore John
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Back in December of 1996, Jane Akre and her husband, Steve
Wilson,
> were hired by FOX as a part of the Fox "Investigators" team at
WTVT
> in Tampa Bay, Florida. In 1997 the team began work on a story
about
> bovine growth hormone (BGH), a controversial substance
manufactured
> by Monsanto Corporation. The couple produced a four-part series
> revealing that there were many health risks related to BGH and
that
> Florida supermarket chains did little to avoid selling milk from
cows
> treated with the hormone, despite assuring customers otherwise.
>
> According to Akre and Wilson, the station was initially very
excited
> about the series. But within a week, Fox executives and their
> attorneys wanted the reporters to use statements from Monsanto
> representatives that the reporters knew were false and to make
other
> revisions to the story that were in direct conflict with the
facts.
> Fox editors then tried to force Akre and Wilson to continue to
> produce the distorted story. When they refused and threatened to
> report Fox's actions to the FCC, they were both fired.(Project
> Censored #12 1997)
>
> Akre and Wilson sued the Fox station and on August 18, 2000, a
> Florida jury unanimously decided that Akre was wrongfully fired
by
> Fox Television when she refused to broadcast (in the jury's
words) "a
> false, distorted or slanted story" about the widespread use of BGH
in
> dairy cows. They further maintained that she deserved protection
> under Florida's whistle blower law. Akre was awarded a $425,000
> settlement. Inexplicably, however, the court decided that Steve
> Wilson, her partner in the case, was ruled not wronged by the
same
> actions taken by FOX.
>
> FOX appealed the case, and on February 14, 2003 the Florida
Second
> District Court of Appeals unanimously overturned the settlement
> awarded to Akre. The Court held that Akre's threat to report the
> station's actions to the FCC did not deserve protection under
> Florida's whistle blower statute, because Florida's whistle
blower
> law states that an employer must violate an adopted "law, rule,
or
> regulation." In a stunningly narrow interpretation of FCC rules,
the
> Florida Appeals court claimed that the FCC policy against
> falsification of the news does not rise to the level of a "law,
rule,
> or regulation," it was simply a "policy." Therefore, it is up to
the
> station whether or not it wants to report honestly.
>
> 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. Fox attorneys did not
> dispute Akre's claim that they pressured her to broadcast a false
> story, they simply maintained that it was their right to do so.
After
> the appeal verdict WTVT general manager Bob Linger
commented, "It's
> vindication for WTVT, and we're very pleasedÂ… It's the case we've
> been making for two years. She never had a legal claim."
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2007, at 8:10 AM, justifiedright wrote:
>
> > Any examples of them making stuff up where they didn't admit to
it?
> >
> > I don't think there are any.
> >
> > I gave you several in the MSM.
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple" <asburycouple@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > For years professional wrestling wouldn't admit that they
weren't
> > > really fighting either. The fact that they wouldn't admit it
> > didn't
> > > mean it was real.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
> > > <justifiedright@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > AsburyCouple I gave examples of the MSM making up stories and
> > > > ADMITTING to doing it.
> > > >
> > > > Do you have anything on Fox that comes close?
> > > >
> > > > I'm sure someone on this board is going to link to some left
> > wing
> > > > site that will say they don't like Fox. That's not the point.
> > > >
> > > > I'm talking about admitted examples of making stuff up.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple"
> > <asburycouple@>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Tom - I'll buy that both sides of the media spectrum have
> > acted
> > > > very
> > > > > poorly and at times have not served the public by reporting
> > > things
> > > > > other than the truth. But please don't insult everyone's
> > > > > intelligence by saying that Rush and Fox don't make things
> > up. I
> > > > was
> > > > > with you until you went there, at which point your entire
> > > argument
> > > > > was invalidated...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
> > > > > <justifiedright@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Gary Wien <lightgrw@>
> > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Just because Fox News or
> > > > > > > Rush says so doesn't make it so...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Gary,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > CBS did Dan Rather's forged document show.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > NBC blew up a truck with a device pretending the truck
had a
> > > > > problem.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Reuters got caught repeatedly in the "Fauxtography"
scandal
> > > > where
> > > > > > they doctored photos or staged photos
> > > > > >
> > > > > > New York Times colunist Jayson Blair simply made up
stories
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Associated Press got caught in the "Fauxtography" scandal
> > > where
> > > > > > they doctored photos or staged photos
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Fox News and Rush don't make things up. The "mainsteam
> > media"
> > > > has
> > > > > > been caught making things up and admitting it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'll take Fox News for integrity any day.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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