FCC boss Brendan Carr said CNN must face ‘accountability’ for a report he claims is inaccurate without providing evidence
Donald Trump fired off a seething threat against CNN Tuesday night in response to its reporting Iran had claimed a “great victory” over the U.S. following the president’s announcement to delay his ceasefire deadline by two weeks.
Trump had originally given Iran until 8 p.m. ET Tuesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, warning a refusal would mean a “whole civilization will die.”
Around 90 minutes before that deadline, Trump and the White House released statements saying the U.S. and Iran had agreed to negotiate an end to hostilities that would include the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the suspension of fighting for two weeks.
Following the announcement, CNN published a post to its online live blog detailing the Iranian response.
Fox claims they arent news, but entertainment. It is how they have avoided lawsuits for decades.
They argued at one point in court that no reasonable person would believe them.
It’s not news, it’s infotainment.
It’s not a lottery, it’s sweepstakes.
It’s not a media company, it’s a technology company.
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It’s fucking crazy how we write laws to govern entities, but we miraculously ignore any potential for legal criteria to define what constitutes each entity. At minimum, enough so that those entities can reclassify themselves with a wave of the hand to avoid the regulation.
Fucking word games. That’s what our legal system has succumbed to. The same kind of shit your parents used to yell at you for.
That only applies to specific opinion shows like Tucker Carlson’s. They have actual news segments that do have requirements to report factual information
Yeah that was their argument.
“Oh THIS show is entertainment but this other one is news! They just look completely the same and air back to back!”
It was bullshit pedantry then and it still is.
It’s a reasonable distinction in theory but the two should be clearly labeled for what they are. You’re absolutely right that they intentionally don’t do that.
As far as I know, that only applied to their talk shows, like tucker carlson’s old show before he got them sued by the dominion voting machine company.