So this is fake news from AP or Reuters? There really should be fines and punishment for publishing fake news (lies).
“So this is fake news from AP or Reuters? There really should be fines and punishment for publishing fake news (lies).”
But what about freedom of the press?
This is a country built on the premise that people have rights that precede any government, and which no government may violate.
However, I like to wonder if those include the right to knowingly and maliciously deceive people with the intent of harming them.
The question is relevant, because that is exactly what the media do: they knowingly and maliciously deceive us with the intent of harming us.
I think we could pass laws against that without violating the First Amendment.