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ORIGINAL: Notsweet :) Owner, what I'm suggesting is that "free speech" precludes the government from restricting what you can say. But you knew that :) And yes, to an extent, the government does protect consumers, but surely you don't think "new and improved" is a matter of fact, is it? Suppose I don't think it's an improvement? Is it then a lie? The issue with Fox News (or MSNBC) is who's determining that something is a lie? And are we talking about outright lies, or opinions? Here, free speech means that Nazis can march in Skokie, saying what they want. And gay people can march in the street saying what they want. Political speech is just that, and as such is a matter of opinion. You can no more say that everything that comes from Fox is a lie anymore than you can any other news organization. But you know that :) Notsweet, If they are going to use the word "news" in their name,truth in advertising should mean they aren`t trying to purposely mislead. It should be a fiduciary responsibility,like a lawyer to client,Dr. to patient or banker to depositor,to do the right thing,not necessarily to most profitable/advantageous thing. This reminds me of the false argument that hate-speech laws somehow prevent law abiding citizens from saying hateful things.They don`t. Welcome btw,it`s nice to get new voices and arguements from both/all sides.
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