President Donald Trump has applauded the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show over comments he made about the man accused of murdering Charlie Kirk.
they got sued in the 80s for pushing misinformation. they literally argued that they were just entertainment and that any well informed person would recognize that and the supreme court ruled in their favor.
also re: the constitution, just because the republicans knew the rules didn’t mean they gave a shit about following them. don’t let them fool you today, either. they know them, they feign ignorance for their base. this has been a progression since lee atwater adopted the southern strategy in the 1960s in a reactionary response to lyndon b johnson signing the civil rights act
Wut? Man, FOX News didn’t exist in the 80’s. It was launched in 1996, a few months after MSNBC was created. And the court case(s) you’re talking about, all took place in the last 5 to 10 years. With hosts like Tucker Carlson and Rachel Maddow. I believe they both used that defense in court.
I think you need to do a bit more reading on US history. You seem to be a little confused.
i just looked it up. the fox news case i was thinking of was 2003, and the 80s case i was thinking of was rush limbaugh. you’ll have to forgive me i was extremely young in 2003
Not exactly. At least, not the same way it is today. It used to be far more moderate in the way it presented news, back when they first started out.
they got sued in the 80s for pushing misinformation. they literally argued that they were just entertainment and that any well informed person would recognize that and the supreme court ruled in their favor.
also re: the constitution, just because the republicans knew the rules didn’t mean they gave a shit about following them. don’t let them fool you today, either. they know them, they feign ignorance for their base. this has been a progression since lee atwater adopted the southern strategy in the 1960s in a reactionary response to lyndon b johnson signing the civil rights act
Wut? Man, FOX News didn’t exist in the 80’s. It was launched in 1996, a few months after MSNBC was created. And the court case(s) you’re talking about, all took place in the last 5 to 10 years. With hosts like Tucker Carlson and Rachel Maddow. I believe they both used that defense in court.
I think you need to do a bit more reading on US history. You seem to be a little confused.
chatGPT hallucinating again
i just looked it up. the fox news case i was thinking of was 2003, and the 80s case i was thinking of was rush limbaugh. you’ll have to forgive me i was extremely young in 2003