Fox News nerfed in Canada

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Maybe I will need to move to Canada!

America’s middle class battles for its survival on the Wisconsin barricades – against various Koch Oil surrogates and the corporate toadies at Fox News – fans of enlightenment, democracy and justice can take comfort from a significant victory north of the Wisconsin border. Fox News will not be moving into Canada after all! The reason: Canadian regulators announced last week they would reject efforts by Canada’s right-wing Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to repeal a law that forbids lying on broadcast news.

They would have to change the law to let FOX news be broadcast. Sounds like a good law. Hey Congress – here is a law you can pass!

Canada’s Radio Act requires that “a licenser may not broadcast … any false or misleading news.” The provision has kept Fox News and right-wing talk radio out of Canada and helped make Canada a model for liberal democracy and freedom. As a result of that law, Canadians enjoy high quality news coverage, including the kind of foreign affairs and investigative journalism that flourished in this country before Ronald Reagan abolished the “Fairness Doctrine” in 1987.
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http://www.skepticmoney.com/fox-news-banned-from-canada-law-forbids-lying-on-broadcast-news/

Got this in from one of my Canadian family members.
 
crackersa said:
oh and the liberal news stations always tell the truth...........and the endorse censorship as well
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The law is that you are not allowed to lie. If liberal media lies the law enables you to hold them accountable. The "liberal media" have agreed to be held responsible for what they say. Fox News is not willing to do the same.

Oh yeah, and the first sign you are in a cult. They tell you that everyone else is lying :D
 
ghoti said:
The law is that you are not allowed to lie. If liberal media lies the law enables you to hold them accountable. The "liberal media" have agreed to be held responsible for what they say. Fox News is not willing to do the same.

Oh yeah, and the first sign you are in a cult. They tell you that everyone else is lying :D
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Or.... this act is enacted by liberals who only wanted their filthy liberal propaganda to be shown in Canada by closing their eyes for the lies spread by the liberal media. :erm:
 
Schavuit said:
Or.... this act is enacted by liberals who only wanted their filthy liberal propaganda to be shown in Canada by closing their eyes for the lies spread by the liberal media. :erm:
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Not sure if you're being serious or not.
I got this from another poster on a blog, who is Canadian:

As I understand this, FOX wanted to create a Fox News Canada, they were not banned they were simply not allowed a broadcasters license which would allow them to be branded a NEWS network. If you wish to report the news in Canada, what is reported on must be backed up by FACTS not opinion, and the individual broadcaster is held accountable for reported misinformation. Fox then declined to create their network
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Schavuit said:
Or.... this act is enacted by liberals who only wanted their filthy liberal propaganda to be shown in Canada by closing their eyes for the lies spread by the liberal media. :erm:
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Oh god and another right wing bigot crawls out of the woodwork...:rolleyes:
 
LOL, I wonder what whacky stories they'll run on their US network about this.

Something like: "Left-wing hate machine bans Fox from Canada, hates freedom and the troops"
 
Schavuit said:
Or.... this act is enacted by liberals who only wanted their filthy liberal propaganda to be shown in Canada by closing their eyes for the lies spread by the liberal media. :erm:
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It appears you completely miss whats happening here.
 
Lol, the right wing voted this thread down. Haha, theyre so petty :D
 
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