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Court filings rife with internal communications exposed Fox News’ post-election misinformation push. Newsmax could be next

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[–] anathema_device@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago

@Odusei Good. Sue all these bastards into oblivion

[–] Countmacula@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

Good, fuck newsmax.

[–] lanbanger@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

Pass the popcorn, this one is going to be fantastic.

[–] niktemadur@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Masquerading as "news" while blatantly spewing out whatever toxic and dangerous, insurrectionary bullshit you make up day by day to a community - knowing full well it is bullshit - should and MUST have serious, or at the very least expensive, consequences.

[–] Ganondorf@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To think where we could be if Reagan hadn't of torn down The Fairness Doctrine.

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To think where we could be if Reagan hadn't of torn down The Fairness Doctrine.

@Ganondorf the fairness doctrine was only for broadcast media, the FCC was able to regulate it because it used public bandwidth. It wouldn't have applied here. We'd need different regulation.

[–] Ganondorf@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's a good point. I haven't ever watched NewsMax so I'm unclear how it's broadcast, but now that you've brought it up I assume it's streamable and therefore immune from the TFD.

[–] style99@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Newsmax staffers are understandably nervous that their texts, emails, and other correspondence may, too, become part of the public record.

I can't help but think they might have more than one reason to be nervous.

[–] EnthusiasticWhale@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Only one way to find out

[–] st3ph3n@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Fuck ‘em.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Faster justice, please.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I don't think either NewsMax nor OANN will survive these lawsuits, they don't have FOX money.

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I wish there were consequences for intentionally lying to the public in the guise of a news show, regardless of whether it damages corporate profits. I wonder if we're going to get to read Newsmax's internal communications and directly learn what morally bankrupt liars they are, or if they learned their lesson from Fox News.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

How much do you want to bet that, unlike Fox, these idiots actually believe the things they say?

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