MAGAt loses his federal job - eviltoast

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  • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    You have to target entities that knowingly lie and portray themselves as serious. Anti fraud laws with teeth.

    • RedAggroBest@lemmy.world
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      39 minutes ago

      The comment says anti-propaganda laws. I’m 100% in favor of anti-fraud laws, but propaganda is special that it’s not always direct (read as: legally enforcable) lies.

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        17 minutes ago

        A lot of them are. I think one could argue the news always saying “crime go up” is an easily provable misrepresentation and if the anti fraud laws were strong enough that a city might be able to sue large companies for such a misrepresentation, it could heavily damage the propaganda value.

        Another instance: if people saying a “nobody was arrested for BLM”. Then somebody arrested during BLM should have the right to sue a big outlet like fox news if they repeat the lie.