yes they can, because the alternative is government regulation of the press. So long as they are not committing liberl, they can say whatever they are, and even if they are, the penalties are civil and it is up to the libeled party to enforce them. A bad system but better than the alternative, and don't think that means I like defending them.
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > (I was referring to Fox, not the "folks" that were part of the original > thread.) > > Speaking of Fox, I am speechless about this particular legal case. > > Fox argues that it has the right to knowingly lie in it's news > coverage. And the court agrees > http://www.relfe.com/media_can_legally_lie.html > > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Cornered weasels are notoriously dangerous. >> >> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Larry Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> And now Fox is selectively editing Obama's press conferences etc to make it >>> appear that he is saying things that support Fox's paranoid ranting: >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfy20gFChhI >>> http://mediamatters.org/items/200903160026 >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296395 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
