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Post by Tails82 on Nov 13, 2013 18:32:59 GMT -5
Channel doesn't run activist piece, oh well
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Post by Chromeo on Nov 13, 2013 18:40:30 GMT -5
How the hell did you get that from "they were fired from the station after refusing to knowingly include false information in their report concerning the Monsanto Company’s production of RBGH"?
Oh yeah, right wing bubble.
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Post by Tails82 on Nov 13, 2013 18:52:05 GMT -5
Let's see, the company won the lawsuit because there aren't laws against free speech. Libs complain of course because they hate that. Also, the false information alleged is not mentioned specifically in what you linked to, so I'm thinking this is just their allegations of "false" information, in a case they lost. Wikipedia links me to this, hence the activist label reason.com/archives/2006/05/05/the-strange-case-of-steve-wilsI don't know what "right wing bubble" has to do with this, seeing as I just went through your own source and the broader conversation's about how we're aware most news we come across is biased toward Democrats.
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Post by Chromeo on Nov 13, 2013 18:58:33 GMT -5
Derp, I'm not sure whether they should have won or not, free speech is good but freedom to lie as a supposed news org is pretty bad, the point is that their entire case was essentially 'we have the freedom to lie', perhaps it's a valid legal defence but it doesn't make you even slightly suspicious of their motives and general practices?.
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Post by Tails82 on Nov 13, 2013 19:06:00 GMT -5
It sounds like the case of a smear journalist angry at their bosses for wanting some moderation. It would harm the channel much more to give an exaggerated expose than it would to step back a bit and edit.
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Post by Chromeo on Nov 13, 2013 19:25:29 GMT -5
You're absolutely impossible. A jury after a prolonged case ruled that the journo had indeed been asked to insert literal lies into the report, yet you're still trying to spin this as if Fox were the responsible ones here and exercising 'moderation'. I don't even know what else I can say to you so it's probably better if we just drop it.
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Post by Tails82 on Nov 13, 2013 19:37:59 GMT -5
Who defines lies, the guy alleging them? I would like to see what specifically was a lie. I'm just saying it's right up the person's alley when they have this history of promoting big corporate cover-ups, to allege another one when they don't get their way. Like trying to cash in in court and then at whatever left-wing conspiracy doc will take them.
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Post by Chromeo on Nov 13, 2013 19:47:26 GMT -5
I just told you that a court of law had determined that they were lies. I don't know which they were exactly but knowingly reporting falsehoods seems bad enough in itself doesn't it?
And I also said I'm not talking about it any more. So forget it. Not good for by blood pressure, and anyway I'll be back on Gfags in a couple days, gotta save up my rage for my big comeback tour.
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Post by Tails82 on Nov 13, 2013 19:56:28 GMT -5
What was the case? Let's go further and see.
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Post by Chromeo on Nov 13, 2013 20:05:07 GMT -5
nop
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Post by Tails82 on Nov 13, 2013 20:06:57 GMT -5
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Post by Chromeo on Nov 13, 2013 20:08:32 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu_RmSJxtUEexpected but really, i dont want to do it cause you'll keep your view (even tho im clearly right on this but w/e) and ill keep my view, and it will just be a big waste of time, i wont even learn anything useful since im not even american anyway and ive never watched faux in my life outside internet clips
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Post by Tails82 on Nov 13, 2013 20:18:48 GMT -5
It is the pursuit of the truth we are after, right? I have not said I will keep my view, only you have, so I guess that's not the case for some of us.
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Post by Chromeo on Nov 13, 2013 20:22:38 GMT -5
well if you could convince me id change it, obviously, i just really doubt you will, in fact i know you wont because we're not going over this, I dont have time to investigate the truth of everything in the world and i dont choose this one
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Post by Tails82 on Nov 13, 2013 20:28:05 GMT -5
All right, just thinking since you brought it up to change subject you'd be interested.
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