Fox News and Fair Taxation
Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has proposed legislation that would prohibit Fox News from writing off any portion of the $787 million defamation settlement that the company recently agreed to, in damages paid to Dominion Voting Systems.
This sounds good on the surface, as I’m no fan of Fox News. Having said that, I’m a huge fan of fairness and justice, and this doesn’t seem right.
Fox News trades in lies and disinformation, the same way GM trades in cars, Dow trades in chemicals, and Microsoft trades in software. In my mind, the consequences of what Fox does should be treated as a cost of doing business, just like normal businesses write off office rent, employee wages, IT, etc.
What kind of person is “it” — that would even consider making up this putrid kind of comparison.
Fox News trades in “lies and disinformation” — it is a proven truth.
They admitted it, and were found guilty of it; in a Court of Law.
All of the “items” quoted here — are “commodities” — to be purchased, traded — whatever.
One “should” take in “information” in order to make an “informed decision” as to whether or not to make any purchase of any commodity.
And the act of “taking in information — is a human choice to be made — including choosing the source of that information.
The two “key words” here are “informed information”.
This writer seems to think that “words”, in this case a continuous vocal utterance that conveys “information” — are just another “commodity” to be bought, traded — whatever.
NO — “lies and disinformation” are not a “commodity” and to even try to compare lies and disinformation to “truth and information” — is utterly immoral on it’s face.
“Lies and disinformation” are “tools” used by those that have conscienciously chosen to “cheat”, “confuse”, “influence”, and “try to direct” — “people” –who are not commodities.
Maybe to someone that believes that slavery is to think this way “OK” — especially if you want to make money “doing business” this way.
To insinuate, let alone make this comparison — clearly demonstrates just how morally corrupt this writer is — because moral people DO NOT lie and they DO NOT spread disinformation.
It is a human choice to lie and disinform.
And this writer has conscienciously “chosen” to lie and spread disinformation.
This kind of thinking, as this writer has exposed him or herself here — that literally everything is “fair game” in the “name of doing business” — “is the sewer of Fox News”.
To be clear — this writer, by choice: is “right there swimming — along with “that” that floats — in the Fox News sewer.