this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2024
77 points (96.4% liked)
Legal News
248 readers
5 users here now
International and local legal news.
Basic rules
1. English only
Title and associated content has to be in English.
2. Sensitive topics need NSFW flag
Some cases involve sensitive topics. Use common sense and if you think that the content might trigger someone, post it under NSFW flag.
3. Instance rules apply
All lemmy.zip instance rules listed in the sidebar will be enforced.
Icon attribution | Banner attribution
founded 7 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
They rule on anything if it becomes a matter of law. Fox News argued they were entertainment not news, and so laws about journalism don't apply to them
The court ruled on it, because it now became a matter of law, it must be decided first to know which laws apply in the case
It might not have been a good ruling, but they did in fact legally judge them to be entertainment and not news.
BTW - I would love to see the court ruling you think decided that "Fox News" is "entertainment" and not "news" as a finding of fact.
Hint - then thing you're going to find will talk about the difference between "statements of facts" and of "opinion". Which is not saying that "Fox is entertainment not news". Those terms apply to any speech that is being claimed as defamatory.
"Journalism laws" 🤣🤣🤣