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As 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 Wisconsin border. Fox News will not be moving into Canada after all! The reason: Canada 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.
Canada's Radio Act requires that "a licenser may not broadcast....any false or mis
Originally posted by TechVampyre
Good for Canada!! You don't have to be subjected to the crap and misleading "Fair and Balanced" news that we see here in the states!
Originally posted by fooks
Originally posted by TechVampyre
Good for Canada!! You don't have to be subjected to the crap and misleading "Fair and Balanced" news that we see here in the states!
and you get your news from what magazine?
eh?
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
Originally posted by DragonsDemesne
Talk about being pwned... but yeah, it will be interesting to see what FOX says about this. My guess is that they don't say anything at all; they will forget that it ever happened.
The U.S. could learn a lot from Canada
Originally posted by Frogs
reply to post by Flatfish
Dang - so that means you guys won't get MSNBC or CNN either correct? They've both been caught in lies a few times as well.
Originally posted by Flatfish
Originally posted by Frogs
reply to post by Flatfish
Dang - so that means you guys won't get MSNBC or CNN either correct? They've both been caught in lies a few times as well.
To begin with, I don't live in Canada even though I'm not at all opposed to the idea, so I'm not really one of the "you guys" who actually does live there. Although, I don't remember reading anything about MSNBC or CNN being denied access to the Canadian airways, I'll just bet that their broadcast are still permissible.