Fox News and right-wing media have already decided the Trump trial verdict
Fox News and right-wing media have already decided the Trump trial verdict
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The jury might still be deliberating, but Donald Trump’s media allies have already delivered a verdict to their audiences.
Throughout the duration of the Manhattan hush-money trial, Fox News and the rest of MAGA Media have set the stage to absolve Trump in the historic case. Day after day, week after week, popular personalities such as Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Steve Bannon have lampooned the judicial system, portraying Trump as an innocent victim of political persecution.
Inside this alternate media universe, the actual facts of the case never penetrate the bubble that shields its audiences from detrimental developments for Trump. Instead, alternate dishonest storylines are disseminated as the gospel truth.
Not only is Trump entirely innocent of any and allwrongdoing in the MAGA Media world, but President Joe Biden is guilty of nefariously weaponizing government to wage “lawfare” on his political opponent. Audiences are told that Biden cannot win a fair fight with Trump, so he has resorted to illegal “election interference” by rigging the judicial system against Trump.
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They’ve been implying this throughout the whole trial. It’s unreal that they would state this as fact. Either this should fall under the FCC’s definition of broadcast news distortion, or they should update their definition.
They don't have to because they aren't legally a news network. They are legally Fox Entertainment. There was a whole lawsuit about that.
Which one? I thought they lost the suit against Dominion.
You're mixed up with Tucker Carson's show winning against a lawsuit by saying it's just entertainment.
You're like 20 years late on this realization.
I’ve been aware. I actively report deliberately false information, and am encouraging others to do so as well. Opinions are not a breach of FCC regulations. These claims appear to have been stated as facts.
You file complaints to the FCC?
Yup. They have a consumer report portal. You can find it by reading the link I posted above, or go directly to it here:
That's badass. Respect.
I usually use the online portal for TV and select “indecency” for reporting false information. I may actually call over this piece. I’ll have to get my hands on the original broadcast first.
Do it. If you've got the info they'll respond to, absolutely.
I appreciate your enthusiasm, but you're wrong.
First, the regulation applies only to the broadcast medium, which means that the FCC has no power to enforce it against cable news networks
Fox News isn't broadcast, so the FCC doesn't have purview to regulate it.
That’s false. Fox News is available as a television network over VHF, as well as an AM radio station. They are regulated by the FCC. I’ve received responses to my reports to the FCC in the past.
https://www.fox10tv.com/page/a-note-for-our-viewers-who-watch-with-an-antenna/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_over-the-air_television_networks