Poll of the Day > You Literally Can't Believe The Facts Tucker Carlson Tells You Says Foxs Lawyers

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FrndNhbrHdCEman
09/30/20 4:10:13 AM
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https://www.npr.org/2020/09/29/917747123/you-literally-cant-believe-the-facts-tucker-carlson-tells-you-so-say-fox-s-lawye

Just read U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil's opinion, leaning heavily on the arguments of Fox's lawyers: The "'general tenor' of the show should then inform a viewer that [Carlson] is not 'stating actual facts' about the topics he discusses and is instead engaging in 'exaggeration' and 'non-literal commentary.' "
Carlson first told viewers, "Remember the facts of the story. These are undisputed." But they aren't undisputed. They're not even facts. He then proceeded to say, "Two women approach Donald Trump and threaten to ruin his career and humiliate his family if he doesn't give them money. Now that sounds like a classic case of extortion."
In reality, McDougal never approached Trump. She and her representative had spoken to ABC News and to the National Enquirer because, she said, she feared word of the affair would leak out during the campaign anyway and she preferred to be the one to tell the story. It wasn't publicly known that David Pecker, then the CEO of the tabloid's parent company, had promised Trump he would help keep stories about extramarital affairs from seeing the light of day.
Carlson and Fox never corrected that significant error, as The Washington Post's Erik Wemple underscored.
In sum, the Fox News lawyers mocked the legal case made by McDougal's legal team. She alleged "a reasonable viewer of ordinary intelligence listening or watching the show ... would conclude that [she] is a criminal who extorted Trump for money" and that "the statements about [her] were fact."
"Context makes plain," Fox's lawyers wrote, "that the reasonable viewer would do no such thing." The judge fully agreed.

The judge was a Trump appointee, btw. And the last paragraph was the best. They literally argued that only a moron would believe what Carlson says. That was the actual argument HIS OWN LAWYERS made.


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Muscles
09/30/20 4:21:04 AM
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I'm not surprised by any of this tbh, tucker seems like Zeus the person

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Lokarin
09/30/20 4:23:09 AM
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Tucker Carlson doesn't even seem human sometimes... his RBG report was like "Sometimes people die and it is sad but also inevitable"

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FrndNhbrHdCEman
09/30/20 4:26:26 AM
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Muscles posted...
I'm not surprised by any of this tbh, tucker seems like Zeus the person
We actually agree on that. Both are just terrible people.

Lokarin posted...
Tucker Carlson doesn't even seem human sometimes... his RBG report was like "Sometimes people die and it is sad but also inevitable"
Amen. It was disgusting.

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hungrymike
09/30/20 4:32:49 AM
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Sounds exactly like what they said about Rachael maddow
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FrndNhbrHdCEman
10/01/20 5:04:49 AM
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hungrymike posted...
Sounds exactly like what they said about Rachael maddow
Rich Republicans have and need an entire army of poor uneducated Republicans to give their terrible exploitative ideas a certain down-home flavor. You think the way you do on the off chance youll be rich someday fam. Youll always been hungry Mike.

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Jen0125
10/01/20 9:35:47 AM
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Fox News is always arguing in court that they are just entertainment and not news

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Clench281
10/01/20 9:38:48 AM
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FrndNhbrHdCEman posted...
a reasonable viewer of ordinary intelligence listening or watching the show

Found your problem

Reasonable people aren't watching Tucker Carlson

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SunWuKung420
10/01/20 9:46:35 AM
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This has always been obvious.

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Blightzkrieg
10/01/20 12:46:04 PM
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Reminder one of his lead writers was a racist on GameFAQs

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FrndNhbrHdCEman
10/01/20 6:30:56 PM
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Jen0125 posted...
Fox News is always arguing in court that they are just entertainment and not news
Yup. Which is just awful. I wish that wasnt a viable defense.

Clench281 posted...
Found your problem

Reasonable people aren't watching Tucker Carlson
Lol. True. WorstPoster posted 2 of his videos this year alone. Prolly not a surprise.

Blightzkrieg posted...
Reminder one of his lead writers was a racist on GameFAQs
Ohhh. Which poster?

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ReggieTheReckless
10/01/20 6:33:29 PM
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yeah thats bullshit that they can't get in trouble for that. they don't advertise it as entertainment. they advertise it as factual news.
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FrndNhbrHdCEman
10/01/20 6:37:58 PM
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ReggieTheReckless posted...
yeah thats bullshit that they can't get in trouble for that. they don't advertise it as entertainment. they advertise it as factual news.
Exactly. Its why people like WorstPoster think its news. They have no idea theyre being bamboozled. As long as they think theyre better than the richest brown voter its all fine.

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Lokarin
10/01/20 6:38:30 PM
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So can we legally and truthfully say that Fox is fake news?

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Blightzkrieg
10/01/20 6:46:47 PM
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FrndNhbrHdCEman posted...
Ohhh. Which poster?
A guy called SubDeity I think. Also a 4chan troll. Didn't use PotD. Was basically an Icoyar clone.

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FrndNhbrHdCEman
10/01/20 6:53:27 PM
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Lokarin posted...
So can we legally and truthfully say that Fox is fake news?
I would say so, but legally Im sure theres a loop hole that will allow them to stay on air. It wouldve been long off the air in a few other countries.

Blightzkrieg posted...
A guy called SubDeity I think. Also a 4chan troll. Didn't use PotD. Was basically an Icoyar clone.
The name sounds oddly familiar. He mustve hit CE a few times. And God. Lol. Thats a gross mental imagine. But I do picture TheWorstPoster reproducing asexually.

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Blightzkrieg
10/01/20 6:59:20 PM
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FrndNhbrHdCEman posted...
The name sounds oddly familiar. He mustve hit CE a few times. And God. Lol. Thats a gross mental imagine. But I do picture TheWorstPoster reproducing asexually.
https://tinyurl.com/y82anhco

This is the guy I'm referencing. The article doesn't reference GameFAQs explicitly, but when the story broke there were posters on other boards talking about the guy as a known troll. I can't personally speak for the accuracy of those anecdotes, but regardless the dude could have passed a GameFAQs troll in a costume contest.

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FrndNhbrHdCEman
10/01/20 7:03:19 PM
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Blightzkrieg posted...
https://tinyurl.com/y82anhco

This is the guy I'm referencing. The article doesn't reference GameFAQs explicitly, but when the story broke there were posters on other boards talking about the guy as a known troll. I can't personally speak for the accuracy of those anecdotes, but regardless the dude could have passed a GameFAQs troll in a costume contest.
Wow. That was bad. But I believe you knowing the trolls weve had and have now.

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Wanded
10/01/20 7:05:22 PM
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Tucker is a bit too socialist for my taste

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Lokarin
10/01/20 7:07:24 PM
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FrndNhbrHdCEman
10/03/20 2:09:05 AM
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likehelly
10/03/20 3:11:56 AM
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oh it's like the gay frogs dude

he went under oath and said that he was just playing a character, and even then still ohja believed every single word he said on his videos

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faramir77
10/03/20 8:58:58 AM
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I don't understand why Americans find it acceptable to have "news" stations full of such clearly slanted garbage.

The "news" title should be legally protected, and granted only to those that meet a set of high journalistic standards with minimal bias. You have stricter name regulations for whiskey than you do for news.

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HelIWithoutSin
10/03/20 9:35:45 AM
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FrndNhbrHdCEman posted...
Wow. That was bad. But I believe you knowing the trolls weve had and have now.

Look up pics of the guy lmao.

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Blightzkrieg
10/03/20 10:32:08 AM
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faramir77 posted...
I don't understand why Americans find it acceptable to have "news" stations full of such clearly slanted garbage.

The "news" title should be legally protected, and granted only to those that meet a set of high journalistic standards with minimal bias. You have stricter name regulations for whiskey than you do for news.
I remember it was a fairly big news story in Canada like a decade or so ago when Fox News was going to open up a Canadian channel and the decided not to when they learned what the rules were.

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Muscles
10/03/20 1:08:14 PM
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faramir77 posted...
I don't understand why Americans find it acceptable to have "news" stations full of such clearly slanted garbage.

The "news" title should be legally protected, and granted only to those that meet a set of high journalistic standards with minimal bias. You have stricter name regulations for whiskey than you do for news.
We wouldn't have any news stations then

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Blightzkrieg
10/03/20 1:11:01 PM
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Muscles posted...
We wouldn't have any news stations then
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faramir77
10/03/20 1:22:54 PM
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Muscles posted...
We wouldn't have any news stations then

Yes.

That's my point.

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FrndNhbrHdCEman
10/04/20 5:25:15 AM
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likehelly posted...
oh it's like the gay frogs dude

he went under oath and said that he was just playing a character, and even then still ohja believed every single word he said on his videos
Its sad how defensive he gets. I tried being chill but he went off the rails. Maybe he doesnt speak English as his primary language and it was lost in translation.

HelIWithoutSin posted...
Look up pics of the guy lmao.
Lmao. Its that bad? Ill try and look in the morning. This must be good.


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ZBug_
10/04/20 6:09:27 AM
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faramir77 posted...
I don't understand why Americans find it acceptable to have "news" stations full of such clearly slanted garbage.

The "news" title should be legally protected, and granted only to those that meet a set of high journalistic standards with minimal bias. You have stricter name regulations for whiskey than you do for news.
american news is a fucking embarrassment

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SunWuKung420
10/04/20 6:33:37 AM
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faramir77 posted...
I don't understand why Americans find it acceptable to have "news" stations full of such clearly slanted garbage.

The "news" title should be legally protected, and granted only to those that meet a set of high journalistic standards with minimal bias. You have stricter name regulations for whiskey than you do for news.

Capitalism. They are more concerned with generating ad revenue than reporting unbiased truth.

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FrndNhbrHdCEman
10/04/20 7:30:29 PM
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ZBug_ posted...
american news is a fucking embarrassment
For sure. People like Zeus are why it even works. Its all ad revenue and lies to the uneducated.

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