Many folks dont know that Fox lost a law suit to former employees who refuse to lie and were fired for wanting to tell the truth. They appealed and won on the grounds that there is no law in the U.S. requiring news networks to not report lies, its a little different in Canada. Canada’s Radio Act requires that “a licenser may not broadcast … any false or misleading news.” The provision has kept Fox News and right-wing talk radio out of Canada and helped make Canada a model for liberal democracy and freedom. As a result of that law, Canadians enjoy high quality news coverage, including the kind of foreign affairs and investigative journalism that flourished in this country before Ronald Reagan abolished the “Fairness Doctrine” in 1987. Political dialogue in Canada is marked by civility, modesty, honesty, collegiality, and idealism that have pretty much disappeared on the US airwaves. When Stephen Harper moved to abolish the anti-lying provision of the Radio Act, Canadians rose up to oppose him fearing that their tradition of honest non-partisan news would be replaced by the toxic, overtly partisan, biased and dishonest news coverage familiar to American citizens who listen to Fox News and talk radio. Harper’s proposal was timed to facilitate the launch of a new right-wing network, “Sun TV News” which Canadians call “Fox News North.”collectivelyconscious.net/articles/fox-news-banned-from-canada-law-forbids-lying-on-broadcast-news/
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 17:21:34 +0000
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