First amendment attorney Floyd Abrams joins "CNN This Morning" to discuss Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch saying under oath that he made a business decision when allowing a conspiracy theorist to promote election lies on Fox News. #CNN #News
‘Extremely threatening case’: First amendment atty on Dominion lawsuit against Fox News
Lies are not opinions nor are they facts.
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On the nose, Radwulf. Well said.
Still speech….
@grunky0 Nope … a lie is yelling ‘Fire’ in a crowded theater.
CNN, they didn’t just share an ad. Fox shared the ads and the ad STRATEGY for Biden’s TV campaign. So yeah, it’s a problem.
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@John Patrick Did they share the republican ads and strategy before release with the democrats? No they only shared the democrat party ads and strategy with the republicans. The ads do not matter so much, the strategy allows for campaign focusing and is wrong.
Fox: “As a fair and balanced “news” network, the 1st amendment gives us every right to lie to you 24/7.” 🤣
@Randy Watson and now in English? “all up in”???
Whaaattt? When wa fox ever “fair and balanced”????
The 1st amendment does give you the right to lie. Maybe you should learn about what the 1st amendment actually means.
I remember vividly where I was, the time of day, and what I was driving the first time I heard the Report that Murdoch had won the right to lie under the banner of “Commentary Entertainment”. Awhile back I started telling people that “I feel like I’m living in a Sci-Fi depiction of a dystopian future”. Back in the day, when we stood in line at the supermarket checkout and read the cover of the National Enquirer, we chuckled, understanding what it was. When we watched Soylent Green, Running Man, Roller Ball, “V” For Vendetta, Demolition Man, and Blade Runner we smirked thinking those depictions of news broadcasts & media control could never be real. Today, for many people, the National Enquirer and FOX is the news. Corporations, Oligarchs, & Media are now running the show.
During Sarah Huckabee Sanders Declaration after the SOTU address I suddenly felt like I was watching an updated version of Max Headroom. I felt like I was being fed the daily fix by a computer-generated depiction of a human being. I literally screamed “OMFG” The Sci-Fi writers weren’t depicting, they were predicting.
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Bobby, you vocalized exactly my thoughts around those tabloids at the checkout counters. Enough of those, plus trash “reality” TV, have gotten us where we are. I agree, we need to balance our input with something completely opposite, and realize our news, no matter the source, is filtered through opinion and ratings. There is much better in our world than this rollercoaster. If our justice system is still intact, we can hope it will prevail.
@Rodolfo Hilliard strongly agree with this post. self censor, actively ignore news from certain sources , no on line fox type commentaries. instead read a printed newspaper of repute which has overseas news and an ethical editorial reputation. no more 5 minute sound bites.
@Kevin Latham Roger that, sir. I, as a liberal veteran take a one week break from news at least once a quarter. It is needed by most, in my opinion, to do so. Besides, we can learn so much just by reading nature or even studying the plants and animals in our backyards and gardens. I had a large female preying mantis two years ago that would let me hand feed her large grasshoppers and such!
So unfortunately true; they were warning people about what could happen but everyone was too busy drinking the Kool-Aid.
Is it not “ironic” that Alyssa Farrah-Griffin (I could think of several other adjectives), who was Director of Strategic Communications for the Mango Mussolini, has been making the rounds for the last many months taking a stand for the “truth”? Most of us out here in a world of objective reality could see what Trump was from the beginning – and now you decide to take a stand? The height of hypocrisy. Why are they giving her a platform?
@shaney I hear you and understand. I don’t disagree with that too much, either.
@Christina Cody ✌️
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Well said, you are a hundred per cent correct.
Yeah, well… Brutus supported Julius ’til the end, too.
Fox News needs to be sued. I don’t feel sorry for even one of them. They Road the Fox train and they need to pay the price. It’s basically Rats jumping off a sinking ship.
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They are being sued.
“I didn’t think anyone would be stupid enough to believe me” – Sidney Powell
@Brian Wurch wow – where exactly are you from that you “think” like this?
@Eduardo Rodriguez Ah! you miss me?
Not a surprise she would say that, the listeners believed her
@Stu Bonner nope, fully awake and, unlike you, not the least bit gullible.
@rwhunt99 I’m more educated than you seem to be.
No settling, Dominion needs to nail Fox all the way.
The lawsuit is for $1.7 billion. They could settle out of court for $17 billion, really gut Fox! Let Rupert explain that to his shareholders …
@Jill Featherman Sources.
@Optimal Primidius Start with the Covington Catholic High School.
Kick Fox News out of the US!
I hope you’re not an American because we have a first amendment in this country.
Silly Donald. Not everyone is willing to lie under oath for you, and directly insulting or threatening Rupert won’t end well for you Donald.
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It’s time for our legal system to grow some balls and treat the elite the same way it treats the common folk.
“elit”? What are you, a trumpist? 😄
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Im surprised they didnt announce, “It was a perfect lawsuit, we were completely exonerated.”
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I agree with him. There were offers and they have been declined thus far.
It’s not about speaking freely, it’s about lies that causeDAMAGE.
How brave, Hannity was “privately disgusted”.
Right, until he looked at his paycheck.
All of those texts seem so convenient. I dont believe any of them at fox were disgusted by trump
@Prof. Scheere by Trump second, GREED second. Hannity makes me sick
Hannity…. Disgusted???? Oh!!! Come’on🤗
Kudos to Chris Wallace and Shepherd Smith for leaving Fox.
Clearly men of character.
Much respect.
If they had character, they wouldn’t have joined the network in the first place.
You can’t be STRONGER in denouncing the lies if you didn’t denounce it in the first place!
The 1st amendment is not all encompassing. It doesn’t allow libel nor slander, nor defamation. That’s why we have these laws. To limit freedom of speech, when speech is dishonest and malicious or grossly negligent. GOD Bless Everyone ❤ GOD Bless Everyone
What the hell is wrong with Murdoch? A “business decision” does not take the threat to democracy into account, EVER. He needs to be held completely accountable for his action.
Dominion has a slam dunk case at this point. Fox talking about it on their “News” program can’t really do much more damage.
The courts need to finish this all the way through so we can identify all the problems with media and apply solutions equally. We the People should understand where the line’s are and should get a say as to whether a host can report out something they know to be false.