Liars Fined 25,000

aerial

I saw this on another site.....What a great idea! How about we passed a federal law where any media outlet published or broadcast anything resembling a lie, be it a gross exaggeration, a half-truth by deliberate omission, etc, they would be fined somewhere around $25,000 per instance…. :idea:

brianlux

aerial wrote:

I saw this on another site.....What a great idea! How about we passed a federal law where any media outlet published or broadcast anything resembling a lie, be it a gross exaggeration, a half-truth by deliberate omission, etc, they would be fined somewhere around $25,000 per instance…. :idea:

Almost all media would go broke in 8 hours or less.

aerial

brianlux wrote:

aerial wrote:

I saw this on another site.....What a great idea! How about we passed a federal law where any media outlet published or broadcast anything resembling a lie, be it a gross exaggeration, a half-truth by deliberate omission, etc, they would be fined somewhere around $25,000 per instance…. :idea:

Almost all media would go broke in 8 hours or less.

Yes they would unless they decided they wanted to stay in business...

Jason P

The media would never be able to broadcast any politicians talking ever again in fear of a fine.

:ugeek:

Drowned Out

was this suggested by a defence lawyer?

peacefrompaul

It hinders freedom of speech

We need to see through the bullshit

Prince Of Dorkness

Isn't it sad when lying to people to fool them into voting for you is considered "free speech?"

justam

It's a good thing people don't get fined for bad spelling. :?

comebackgirl

justam wrote:

It's a good thing people don't get fined for bad spelling. :?

At first I thought this was about someone named "Liers" lol

The sad thing is that anyone can say anything about anyone...and then they're in the position of having to defend against it

justam

comebackgirl wrote:

justam wrote:

It's a good thing people don't get fined for bad spelling. :?

At first I thought this was about someone named "Liers" lol

aerial

justam wrote:

It's a good thing people don't get fined for bad spelling. :?

true that....lol

lukin2006

How bout' fining the politicians...of course anyone who got suckered into donating to political parties would be expected to contribute more to help pay the fines...and this applies to all sides, anyone who thinks it doesn't is seeing his/her candidate through rosé color glasses.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

comebackgirl wrote:

justam wrote:

It's a good thing people don't get fined for bad spelling. :?

At first I thought this was about someone named "Liers" lol

The sad thing is that anyone can say anything about anyone...and then they're in the position of having to defend against it

I just read about Tom Cruise suing some paper that posted a crying picture of his daughter with the headline that was something like "Tom Cruise abandons daughter". The biggest bullshit about this, is that if he takes it all the way to court, it will be HIS life and credibility as a father on trial as HE has to prove he wasn't abandoning her and all this bullshit. So it's harder for the victim of lies to hold the liars accountable. what a fucked up situation that is.

comebackgirl

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

comebackgirl wrote:

justam wrote:

It's a good thing people don't get fined for bad spelling. :?

At first I thought this was about someone named "Liers" lol

The sad thing is that anyone can say anything about anyone...and then they're in the position of having to defend against it

I just read about Tom Cruise suing some paper that posted a crying picture of his daughter with the headline that was something like "Tom Cruise abandons daughter". The biggest bullshit about this, is that if he takes it all the way to court, it will be HIS life and credibility as a father on trial as HE has to prove he wasn't abandoning her and all this bullshit. So it's harder for the victim of lies to hold the liars accountable. what a fucked up situation that is.

Agreed. And this happens in so many situations - from politicians to celebrities, to many of the bullying situations that we've read about.

Cosmo

Question: How would the beloved MSNBC and FOX News Channels survive in this deal?