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Flip the Script: Fake News
Day Forty
Fake news
“Times change! Before, no one believed the weather forecast. Today in the news only the weather forecast can be trusted.” ~Ljupka Cvetanova, Yet Another New Land
Take a deep breath, as we explore “Fake News.”
The Florida second District Court of appeals on February 14th, 2003, unanimously agreed that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying news in the United States. In an article by Leon Caston of Chicago media watch, Fox News asserted that there are no written rules against distorting the news in the media. They argued that, under the First Amendment, broadcasters have the right to lie or deliberately distort news on public airwaves. The Florida appeals court agreed. ~Jared Rosen and David Rippe, The Flip: Turn Your World Around
As you read this, you probably had some kind of emotional response where this was reinforced as belief or as fake.
After searching different ideas and opinions about this case, on the world wide web, I believe it is true. I also believe that if you do a google search, you will find that this is in a gray zone. It needs more context because the judgement on this case had more to do with other information. They won the case on that information. The “unanimously agreed that there is no rule against distorting or…
