and what it most consumers distrust the group and stop buying their products?

that probably won’t happen, if the real world is anything to go by

maybe they will start listening to the same people called something different but that seems to be the extent of it

That would be impossible to enforce in a country like America without infringing on the First Amendment. Anyone can engage in the activities of the press. Write a blog, make a YouTube video, hell even tweet live from an event.Becoming a journalist has no legal requirements, or restrictions.

The best response to fake news, and those that create it, is simply to call it out. I archive shitty articles and when I do, I alway put their name on it, and the name of the news outlet. Over time companies and people become tainted by their actions. Think about CNN. That brand has been devastated in the past few years.

If anything should be done legally, maybe make slander and libel laws stronger.

the question didn’t say that the answer had to be constitutional

Yeah, but then why would you prefer a state-controlled media when this is virtually impossible instead of the latter when there's at least a chance in your hypothesis of an absolute monopoly?

I know. @Deleted User I just thought I’d comment about it in the context of the country I live in.

I mean if both are corrupt to the teeth and have control over the field, what makes you pick one over the other?

id prefer a state that wasnt corrupt

which before anyone says otherwise, is very possible, and has existed

but if both are corrupt, it is better for people to choose the state over some malicious interest group exploiting capitalism

unfortunately in america both of these options may as well be the same when it comes down to it

journalism shouldn't be regulated by the state

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u can listen to it after its done

@Deleted User Losing they’re rights is far too much, maybe defamation or slander charges youth

I don't really have much to add to this qotd, other then news should be kept as a private business, and the only recourse that should come from fake news is the public not believing you. if the public won't take the time to check your shitty stories then they deserve to be lied to

what about when news organizations become large corporations? should they still be privately run then? i'd think some kind of democratically influenced government regulation would be preferable in that case

I think especially then, I don't want the government involved in the people that are supposed to be talking about them

i'd be supportive of some kind of unionized media surveillance, alongside some law that penalizes journalists for spreading false information while there's reasonable basis for determining that it was intentional

also some sort of legislation that criminalizes large corporations and government agencies from bribing news groups

and by media surveillance i mean activity which monitors the reporting of news groups

outside the workplace of a licensed news organization, i think news workers should of course have the usual freedom of speech that other national residents possess

yeah I can see that being reasonable

@everyone Daily Question 🔖

Should we have universal healthcare? How would it work? How would we fund it?

No

yes

Can't work with fatties

In Japan it would work fine

Hmmmm, no

Whites are degenerate

so it won't work for us

You would need social pressures like Japan where you can lose your job for being too fat (cost of healthcare pushed onto employer)

Im actually a nurse yes i work in the field of medicine as a professional

@Deleted User WOAH there buddy https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O8J2yDcJdYw

So i have extensive knowledge on this topic

No

It's the ideal place for universal healthcare