Pro-Trump media outlet One America News Network (OAN) put out a legal disclaimer on Monday admitting that a conspiracy theory it peddled about the 2020 election results in Georgia was false.
Reading along waiting for what I knew was comingâŚ
The so-called âreportâ was actually a legal disclaimer from OAN following a defamation lawsuit brought over the right-wing networkâs repeated false claim that election workers in Fulton County, Georgia switched votes for then-President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden.
And there it was. I hope the plaintiffs take them for everything they have or ever will have.
So thatâs it? They run one 30 second âdisclaimerâ and thatâs supposed to balance out weeks of anti-election propagandizing? Or are they required to run this disclaimer more than once?
Amazing what happens when youâre under oath and liable for the truthfulness of your statements.
A post of mine from another thread:
["The J6 Committee Hearings are a month away.
I believe that the tsunami of unpleasant actions from the Right (including this particular story**, along with the Alito brief and many more) are serving the purpose of hitting us and forcing us to be less than enthusiastic about those Hearings."]
Tamping down good news like this (thanks, @occamscoin and @rollinnolan) and downplaying them is also in line with the strategy
**the story I am referring to is the Durham one, which is pure propaganda on the Right
It was all just a big misunderstanding. Allâs well that ends well. No harm, no foul. Canât we all just get along? We are all Godâs children.
How much do you think they paid Freeman and Moss?
I would really like to know.
The GOP slant of âthe mediaâ is more than a social artifact. It is a menace that the Dems better solve, because you donât do the things Biden is doing (abroad and domestically) without that particular social artifact.
By the way, the term âmediaâ is as much a pejorative term as propaganda
If a tree falls in the forest
Not all that significant in the scheme of things, but I was once a marketing director who had to review creative. I always jumped on designers who did white on black (reverse type) or center justified big amounts of text. Itâs almost impossible to read. Itâs almost like whoever wrote that disclaimer didnât want anyone to read it
âGeorgia officials have concluded that there was no widespread voter fraud"
Donât you love it when they say âno widespread voter fraudâ, implying that there really was voter fraud (and therefore âsomething must be done about it!!â) when in fact nearly all actual voter fraud cases we hear about involve republicans.
The âliberalâ media falls into this language trap all the time when discussing âvoter fraudâ.
Dearest Dominion:
Please bury these people.
Thank you.
So they lied for years and now they say, âSorry! Our bad!â
They should be shut down with extreme prejudice.
So how long before they subtly slip in a walk back of the walk back?
The Democratic agenda - must include changes to FFC licensing and governance - and allow for faster public accountability for false narratives on news shows. Being âopinion showâ does not provide cover for underlying false narratives
We should have a very clear âbug huntâ bounty for any news organization - that can be claimed by as many people who find and report and demonstrate false claim
Making a correction will reduce the damages but not the bounty to the citizen reporters
Use the PGA tour when they allowed call in rules. We need to create a monetary incentive for people to report and then get immediate payoff when shown to be accurate
Basically we hunt their lies and get paid for it.
Make every FCC licensed media have to put up collateral of $10,000,000 - plus repeat offenders also get fines direct from the FCC
The way defamation cases operate is not sufficient - the lies in this case had a far greater impact on the population at large than the actual âharmed partiesâ. We need to build a right of action and the ability to make claims for general audience manipulation
Bygones. Everything is good.
OAN is cable.
They will be. Lawyers ainât done with them.
OAN Admits Bogus Georgia Election Fraud Conspiracy Theory It Hyped Was Bogus
They also helpfully explained that the definition of âbogusâ is âtrue,â right?
Uhhh - false narrative
The Federal Communications Commission regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.
Plus - what part of - use Congressional Power to reconstitute and improve the regulation of communications - is confusing? If there are limitations to getting the job done, then we fix it