cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/news@lemmy.world/t/2006492

Fox News appears to have removed their DOW ticker in a pattern for the company, choosing to block out the steep drop in DOW points after Trump’s tariff announcement

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    I saw it but I cannot find it. But I recall Fox News admitting they’re not news when pressured for disseminating fake news.

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      Multiple times, in multiple court cases. Tucker Carlson argued that no regular viewer would consider his content news or factual.

      The fact that they get away with this is infuriating. They should have to put a Surgeon General warning label on the screen like tobacco product have on the package.

      “WARNING: This content is for entertainment purposes only. We acknowledge that most of the content presented is not factual, and most of the opinions are not based on reality. This platform was created explicitly as a right-wing propaganda outlet to spin damaging news stories and prevent another Republican from being impeached after Watergate. Viewing the content and opinions presented will leave you less informed than not viewing any content at all”

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          I’ve seen enough 1AM porno commercials in the early 2000s to know that these warnings already exist for some content.

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        Throw up that warning with a mandatory font size and duration like a law and order disclaimer on a black screen.

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          I’m seeing the King Of The Hill meme right now.

          “Those viewers would be very upset right now if they could read”

          Maybe force some bottle blonde to read it to them. Seems to be the only way to get info past the barrier.

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            they did have nazi barbie due a salute on tv once. Laura ingarham, if you look at her history shes every bit of a terible person.

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        Thank you! That helps narrow the search. I’m trying to fund him on video saying it, or the court transcript, so when I’m told “fake news” and sent Fox articles I can clarify things effectively.

        I also would love to see them forced to show that warning. Maybe when we have a functional govt admin again.

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      They used it as a defence in court. Multiple times. Something to the effect of “no reasonable person would believe they were being truthful/ serious.”

      Edit: apparently this defence was only used for shows like O’Reilly and Tucker Carlson, not the whole channel. Personally I don’t think the average FN viewer would be able to discern the distinction, but who knows.

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        murdoch purposely seperate fox from his main company, newscorp, so the liabilities of a lawsuit would not affect his other propaganda networks.

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        It’s not their whole channel, it’s about the talk/opinion shows presented on their channel. They defend Cucker’s show and Oreilly’s show as entertainment, knowing full well their base can’t tell fact from conjecture, history from projection, or plan from opinion.

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        IMO they should be prevented as labeling themselves as a news source if they called themselves satire in court.

        They called themselves “entertainment” not “news”

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      During the Dominion voting scandal they revealed the fact that they’re all liars and propagandists. They settled before even more information came out but Fox Viewers will learn it and then go crawling back to them anyways.