ext_13277 ([identity profile] theweaselking.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] demiurgent 2009-01-23 07:02 pm (UTC)

#1: "Fair and balanced" is a TRADEMARK, not a promise.
#2: Fox has consistently interpreted "fair and balanced" to mean "facts on one side, the most absurd lies we can think of on the other, our conclusion will be that there's merit to both and that the REAL truth lies in line with the opinions of our parent organisation's favoured political party"
#3: They are under no obligation to avoid deliberate falsehoods in "News". Advertising "news" and giving "lies" is not false advertising when the law says there is no obligation for things labelled "news" to be true.

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