Fox News is not allowed to broadcast in Canada?

Swills · Nov 29, 2011

I'm not from Canada so I had no idea Fox News was not allowed to broadcast there until today. Canada, who knew? Why didn't you tell me?!

Fox News' Lies Keep Them Out of Canada

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 and helped make Canada a model for liberal democracy and freedom. As a result of that law, Canadians enjoy high quality news coverage, including the kind of foreign affairs and investigative journalism that flourished in this country before Ronald Reagan abolished the "Fairness Doctrine" in 1987. Political dialogue in Canada is marked by civility, modesty, honesty, collegiality, and idealism that have pretty much disappeared on the US airwaves. When Stephen Harper moved to abolish the anti-lying provision of the Radio Act, Canadians rose up to oppose him fearing that their tradition of honest non-partisan news would be replaced by the toxic, overtly partisan, biased and dishonest news coverage familiar to American citizens who listen to Fox News and talk radio. Harper's proposal was timed to facilitate the launch of a new right-wing network, "Sun TV News" which Canadians call "Fox News North."
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A Law Against Lying on the News

It’s not often that goings-on in Canada interest the American news media, but a rather small decision by a relatively small government agency—the decision not to revoke a rule that bans lying on broadcast news—in Ottawa has made a pretty big splash.

It stems from the planned April launch of Sun TV, a Canadian analog to FOX News—i.e., a broadcast news outlet with a decidedly conservative perspective. Among its top executives is a former communications director to conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, evoking former Reagan/Bush adviser Roger Ailes’ role at the helm of FOX. That executive, Kory Teneycke, told the Toronto Star that Sun TV is “taking on the mainstream media [...] smug, condescending, often irrelevant journalism, we’re taking on political correctness [...] by bureaucrats for elites and paid for by taxpayers.”
Given that the posture, tone, language, and buzzwords of the nascent network could have come so easily from Bill O’Reilly, outsiders promptly branded it “FOX News North.”
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We know that MSM outlets are full of shit but Fox was actually proven full of shit in court.

The Media Can Legally Lie

In February 2003, a Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying the news in the United States.

Back in December of 1996, Jane Akre and her husband, Steve Wilson, were hired by FOX as a part of the Fox “Investigators” team at WTVT in Tampa Bay, Florida. In 1997 the team began work on a story about bovine growth hormone (BGH), a controversial substance manufactured by Monsanto Corporation. The couple produced a four-part series revealing that there were many health risks related to BGH and that Florida supermarket chains did little to avoid selling milk from cows treated with the hormone, despite assuring customers otherwise.

According to Akre and Wilson, the station was initially very excited about the series. But within a week, Fox executives and their attorneys wanted the reporters to use statements from Monsanto representatives that the reporters knew were false and to make other revisions to the story that were in direct conflict with the facts. Fox editors then tried to force Akre and Wilson to continue to produce the distorted story. When they refused and threatened to report Fox's actions to the FCC, they were both fired.(Project Censored #12 1997)

Akre and Wilson sued the Fox station and on August 18, 2000, a Florida jury unanimously decided that Akre was wrongfully fired by Fox Television when she refused to broadcast (in the jury's words) “a false, distorted or slanted story” about the widespread use of BGH in dairy cows. They further maintained that she deserved protection under Florida's whistle blower law. Akre was awarded a $425,000 settlement. Inexplicably, however, the court decided that Steve Wilson, her partner in the case, was ruled not wronged by the same actions taken by FOX.

FOX appealed the case, and on February 14, 2003 the Florida Second District Court of Appeals unanimously overturned the settlement awarded to Akre. The Court held that Akre’s threat to report the station’s actions to the FCC did not deserve protection under Florida’s whistle blower statute, because Florida’s whistle blower law states that an employer must violate an adopted “law, rule, or regulation." In a stunningly narrow interpretation of FCC rules, the Florida Appeals court claimed that the FCC policy against falsification of the news does not rise to the level of a "law, rule, or regulation," it was simply a "policy." Therefore, it is up to the station whether or not it wants to report honestly.

During their appeal, FOX asserted that there are no written rules against distorting news in the media. They argued that, under the First Amendment, broadcasters have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves. Fox attorneys did not dispute Akre’s claim that they pressured her to broadcast a false story, they simply maintained that it was their right to do so. After the appeal verdict WTVT general manager Bob Linger commented, “It’s vindication for WTVT, and we’re very pleased… It’s the case we’ve been making for two years. She never had a legal claim.”
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Meanwhile, look who is broadcasting in Canada...

Coast to Coast AM

CNN

MSNBC Canada

CBS

So there you have it, it's against the law to broadcast lies in Canada. Being American and having free speech and all I'm not sure how I feel about this but I do enjoy the fact it keeps Fox off of Canadian airwaves

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AlienBlood · Nov 29, 2011

What the hell are you talking about? How is it against the law to broadcast lies in Canada? Coast to Coast regularly spews lies. CNN lies. CBS lies. Canada is exposed to lies just like the rest of us.

Somehow even without having the only American news channel willing to confront the issues nobody else will, they managed to elect a government who agrees with much of what is said on FOX News. Canada refuses to confirm or deny Kyoto withdrawal - BusinessWeek LOL they now have a government comparable to the Tea Party. Sorry lefty Canadians but you can't run away from Conservatism that easily.

Broses · Nov 29, 2011

Ive seen fox news on quite a bit lol...

noviceGrower420 · Nov 29, 2011

Yawn. Fox bad cnn good! fucking robots.

SmokinJoe420 · Nov 29, 2011

Fox bad. CNN bad. I'm actually quite happy I don't get Fox =]

tflga · Nov 29, 2011

AlienBlood said:

What the hell are you talking about? How is it against the law to broadcast lies in Canada? Coast to Coast regularly spews lies. CNN lies. CBS lies. Canada is exposed to lies just like the rest of us.

Somehow even without having the only American news channel willing to confront the issues nobody else will, they managed to elect a government who agrees with much of what is said on FOX News. Canada refuses to confirm or deny Kyoto withdrawal - BusinessWeek LOL they now have a government comparable to the Tea Party. Sorry lefty Canadians but you can't run away from Conservatism that easily.
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& you lie!

Deleted member 472633 · Nov 29, 2011

Canada don't watch any American news.

-Sincerely your American neighbor

cball · Nov 29, 2011

simple solution if your TV still has a *BNN on it...change channels or turn it off...

* BNN - Biased News Network

DR K · Nov 29, 2011

James2912 said:

Canada don't watch any American news.

-Sincerely your American neighbor
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but what will we laugh at without them?

TheAtheist · Nov 29, 2011

Fox is ridiculous, fact-checking them is one of my number one pastimes while high

dudeimoncoke · Nov 29, 2011

TheAtheist said:

Fox is ridiculous, fact-checking them is one of my number one pastimes while high
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Damn, that must keep you really busy.

MrMcGibblets · Nov 29, 2011

fox sucks IMO

msnbc sucks IMO

cnn sucks, just not as bad IMO

Swills · Nov 29, 2011

All MSM outlets suck, I think we all can agree

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