Should the news be allowed to lie?

And then again, whom gets to determine what is or isn't a lie?

I hate that "news" has the power to lie, as it spreads the lies.... then again, in Russia, they're not allowed to lie, but it's the Kremlin getting to decide what is and isn't a lie, and seen the Kremlin is lying and wants lies, the reality is because of the no lying rule, and a lying enforcer, the news can't tell the truth.

It's a catch 22, you're screwed either way...

So I guess the question if which do you trust more... the government to always tell the truth (nope) or the people to be able to differentiate between the truth and a lie (nope... but at least 35% will probably be able to figure it out).

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Freeranger · M

After reading your question, I was mulling it over and so I did a brief search about the press, accountability, and recourse. It popped up this organization. Not sure how effective it is but, it is there.
https://ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/resources/holding-media-accountable/

Viper · M

@Freeranger I don't know, but it seems like most ethics thing for government or covering government is just an organization saying this is unethical, stop it now...

And they pretty much ignore it... and nothing happened.

I've heard this even being the case for coal mining in West Virginia... basically ethic group says the working conditions are unethical and not safe enough ... and throws their harshest fines at them, but they just pay the fines, because they're fairly small and keep going, because the fines are cheaper than the ethical solution.

And coal mining just threatens to shut down and stop paying politicians and workers if they don't keep the fines low.

It's basically like Congress gets to create their own rules, so literally it's the inmates running the asylum, literally!

It does no good...