Thursday, November 17, 2011

Share & Voice - Video: Monsanto and FOX News


This is a video about a court case we studied in my philosophy class. I didn't realize it was the same story right away. it is about the two reporters who were hired at FOX to be investigative reporters. They did their job uncovering the fact that bovine growth hormone was in much of the milk in the United Sates, and the effects that weren't being stated. FOX was threatened by Monsanto and suggested that FOX not run the story but that the reporters keep quite for which they didn't agree.  There were no disputes on the claim the reporter made, just the concern of running the story.


The interesting thing that also comes with this, and is very concerning when it comes to getting the truth on environmental as well as every other issue, is the court case that ruled...


The court did not dispute the heart of Akre’s claim, that Fox pressured her to broadcast a false story to protect the broadcaster from having to defend the truth in court, as well as suffer the ire of irate advertisers. Fox argued from the first, and failed on three separate occasions, in front of three different judges, to have the case tossed out on the grounds there is no hard, fast, and written rule against deliberate distortion of the news.

The attorneys for Fox, owned by media baron Rupert Murdoch, argued the First Amendment gives broadcasters the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on the public airwaves.
In its six-page written decision, the Court of Appeals held that the Federal Communications Commission position against news distortion is only a “policy,” not a promulgated law, rule, or regulation. Fox aired a report after the ruling saying it was “totally vindicated” by the verdict.


Another link to another story about this same case
http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/11-the-media-can-legally-lie/

Where I actually found the video was in this story, Why are Genetically Modified Foods not Labeled?
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3 comments:

  1. Emily@LetsgogreennowNovember 21, 2011 at 9:44 PM

    Is the growth hormone in milk that says rBST free despite the label? I am surprised this story aired on FOX news. It seems a little too liberal of them.

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  2. Haley@AdventureswithHaleyDecember 5, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    Wow!!! Good for FOX to air a story like this. I'm sure they knew it would be a story that would cause controversy and could get them in 'trouble' but they did it anyway. Monsanto has too much power!

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  3. Judy@Judy's Cloud ContemplationsDecember 5, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    I'm REALLY sorry for not being clear about this. My total mistake! I made the unfair assumption that people would have a chance to watch the video. FOX actually did not show the video. The reporters were fired because they wouldn't distort the truth.

    The court case is about the fact that it was proved FOX was not doing anything wrong because it is NOT illegal to falsify news.

    More than kinda scary.

    This is one of the many reasons people cite in the campaigns to keep FOX off public TVs.

    Here is another link about the legal battle.

    http://www.relfe.com/media_can_legally_lie.html

    I think it is fascinating and pretty scary.

    Sorry for the confusion.

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