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A guy that establishes an entire news channel, that fights in court for the right to lie to viewers, to get political favor accuses Google of undue influence? Huh.


I thought they fought in court to be able to force their employees to lie (or be fired)? Or are you thinking of another case?

I can't quite keep up with all the things they've done lately, especially all the hacking scandals. Actually, that raises another point: if someone were, hypothetically, to register a copyright on those hacked voicemails, couldn't they get shut down for having used them? I guess those might have been UK emails, and I'm less sure how they do things.


No, I'm probably thinking of the same case. I think the crux of it is the FCC has some rule against broadcasting lies and the court appeal case decided that this was more of a guideline than a hard-and-fast regulation.

http://www.ceasespin.org/ceasespin_blog/ceasespin_blogger_fi...


Canada bans Fox News, because up there it's illegal to lie in news broadcasts.


I meant voicemails, not emails, and it's too late to edit. Oops.




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