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Kathy Tankersley's avatar

As much as I despise Faux “News” and the slimy propaganda spewing from their hosts, I agree it would be difficult to criminally prosecute sites such as Fox network, Newsmax, etc. for their irresponsible programs. Hopefully the civil cases coming up by Dominion and Smartmatic(not sure spelling is accurate) will hit their pockets and reputation hard. I’m also disgusted by the spineless corporate donors that advertise on those channels and are complicit in the degradation of truth and representation of reality by those entities all for profit. I wonder how they sleep at night justifying their support of propaganda against the majority of Americans. I’m hoping the families of poll workers, capital police officers, and any other entities affected by the damage from Jan6 would pile on board for a massive class action suit which would send a message to media giants like Murdoch/ Sinclair that they are not above accountability but unfortunately I don’t see that happening.

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RMDolddave's avatar

After reading Thom's very well-argued Daily Take with all its nuanced issues, we would need an exceptional effort from DOJ to deliver justice in the case of Fox propagandists vs our citizens' general welfare. The only way I can see an indictment (much less a successful prosecution) is if something like the crime-fraud exception could be applied to members of the press much like the attorneys who conspire with Trump to commit very serious crimes. I get that the press needs extra protection because of what it does, but a digital history of their evil grift should be enough to drill down and prove their intent.

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