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Article #2218Re: Do TV stations have the right to subvert the constitution?
From: Barry Margolin
Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 00:00
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In article <slrn5mnj59.4h.root@tailor.aleim.net>, root <vischne@ibm_net> wrote: >I think that federal and state laws should be enacted making it a felony >for any news medium to report `news' so as to substantially deny viewers >the correct understanding of the laws that govern such incidents. I also >think that, e. g., television stations that report `latest scientific >breakthroughs' which are bogus, i. e., not reported in referreed journals, >ought to be prosecuted for committing felonies. The First Amendment essentially prohibits such laws. While the press shouldn't be able to make out and out lies, I can't see how it could be illegal for them to pass on official statements and reasonable scientific discoveries. If the officials are lying to the press, that's quite a different problem, but I don't think the onus should be on the media to determine the veracity of official statements. As long as they identify the source of the statement, and explain that the scientific breakthrough is preliminary, I think they've covered their asses. -- Barry Margolin BBN Corporation, Cambridge, MA barmar@bbnplanet.com (BBN customers, call (800) 632-7638 option 1 for support)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101eb4,c021de4f25553d99 X-Google-Attributes: gid101eb4,public X-Google-Thread: 1038e3,27755da2c14a087c X-Google-Attributes: gid1038e3,public X-Google-Thread: 112556,27755da2c14a087c X-Google-Attributes: gid112556,public X-Google-Thread: 1130cb,c021de4f25553d99 X-Google-Attributes: gid1130cb,public X-Google-Thread: f6a53,27755da2c14a087c X-Google-Attributes: gidf6a53,public X-Google-Thread: 112d72,27755da2c14a087c X-Google-Attributes: gid112d72,public X-Google-Thread: f6973,27755da2c14a087c X-Google-Attributes: gidf6973,public X-Google-Thread: 10b9bd,27755da2c14a087c X-Google-Attributes: gid10b9bd,public From: Barry Margolin <barmar@bbnplanet.com> Subject: Re: Do TV stations have the right to subvert the constitution? Date: 1997/05/03 Message-ID: <5kgqd9$1kv@pasilla.bbnplanet.com> X-Deja-AN: 239205835 Sender: barmar@pasilla.bbnplanet.com References: <862080161.6186@dejanews.com> <slrn5mjiqp.4k.root@tailor.aleim.net> <slrn5mnj59.4h.root@tailor.aleim.net> Organization: BBN Planet, Cambridge, MA Newsgroups: ne.general,fl.general,bit.listserv.medlib-l,misc.legal,alt.lawyers.sue.sue,talk.politics.libertarian,us.legal,alt.psychology.nlp,nz.general