What would you say about the media...

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by noonereal

With all respect D-Ray, this is America. If we want to do something we can do it. To say that there is no way to get truth in news is to say I have no desire to have truth in news. You have every right to feel this way but I choose not to. I prefer my fellow Americans and I base our decisions on facts and not blatant biased lies.

This is the United States, and the supreme law of the land is the Constitution of the United States of America. The First Amendment to that Constitution guarantees free speech. Any law that tried to provide punishment for the content of news programming would not pass constitutional muster. If it did, it would be an invitation to tyrrany.

Just ask yourself what would happen if Dick Cheney had the opportunity to use that law. Don't you think he would have one of the politically beholden US Attorneys to find a way to prosecute some of those unpatriotic treasonous reporters who reported information damaging to the war effort. Because of the cost of defense, even being charged with an infraction is punishment in itself.

Regards,

D-Ray