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Should News Channels that are mostly commentary, or for entertainment purposes, have a permanent warning label placed on the screen during broadcast?

Asked by Pandora (32210points) March 11th, 2023

I’m thinking a disclaimer, saying that they are more like an editorial and for entertainment, and not based on actual facts and may cause anger and make you believe lies and possibly a raging idiot.

Like the way, cigarettes come with a warning label.
I use the word gaslighting for things like Fox News. I know they are not the only station, but I feel their actual News won’t need the disclaimer. Just shows with people like Carson.
They should be forced to keep the disclaimer throughout the whole show.

Gaslighting: Gaslighting is an insidious form of manipulation and psychological control. Victims of gaslighting are deliberately and systematically fed false information.
The country is falling apart because of so many lies and the media is great with peddling them, and I feel the word News shouldn’t be used loosely. Only actual confirmed facts should be able to have the honor of being called News.

For instance. Russia and Ukraine are at war still, the sky is above our heads, the ground is below our feet, and although the weather isn’t always accurate, I’ll even accept that as confirmable.

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