Fox News banned in Canada

Story.

Fox News will not be moving into Canada after all! The reason: Canadian regulators announced last week they would reject efforts by Canada's right-wing Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to repeal a law that forbids lying on broadcast news.

Now that there's comedy gold! It's too bad we don't have such a law down here, I think it'd put quite a few pundits under from both sides of the aisle!

Note: The US Channel can still be carried, they're just banned from domestic broadcast.

The irony of this is that Harper is technically Conservative.Though he's pretty Liberal by American standards.

Good stuff, though. Don't need their terrible programming to seep into my country.

But we do have Fox News here but here in Canada they call themselves Sun News instead ;)

But we do have Fox News here but here in Canada they call themselves Sun News instead ;)

Warhawk_

good call.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/study-finds-fox-news-viewers-most-misinformed-issues-20101217-105021-923.html

"a project within the University of Maryland, found that Fox News viewers were more likely to be misinformed on a number of domestic issues than other news consumers are."

The government involving itself in media is never good.

The government involving itself in media is never good.

kingkong0124

The government involving itself in media is never good.

kingkong0124

The government's been regulating media since forever.

The government involving itself in media is never good.

kingkong0124

so you consider the government banning media outlets from lying to the public a bad thing?

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The government involving itself in media is never good.

worlock77

The government's been regulating media since forever.

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[QUOTE="kingkong0124"]

The government involving itself in media is never good.

kingkong0124

The government's been regulating media since forever.

They're not completely banned. Faux Newz can still broadcast into Canada, just not from Canada.

[QUOTE="kingkong0124"][QUOTE="worlock77"]

The government's been regulating media since forever.

worlock77

They're not completely banned. Faux Newz can still broadcast into Canada, just not from Canada.

Yet MSNBC remains just as bad, and gets less than half the hate.

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[QUOTE="kingkong0124"] That's different from completely banning private sector news corporations.kingkong0124

They're not completely banned. Faux Newz can still broadcast into Canada, just not from Canada.

lmao, that is comedy gold. :lol:

Smart move Canada!

[QUOTE="kingkong0124"][QUOTE="worlock77"]

They're not completely banned. Faux Newz can still broadcast into Canada, just not from Canada.

Ace6301

[QUOTE="Ace6301"][QUOTE="kingkong0124"] stop trying to downplay the situation. kingkong0124

You obviously haven't read the article. Fox News isn't legally banned from broadcasting, they just won't because they're banned from lying.

The only thing that's banned is lying. Therefore, Fox News refuses to move into Canada.

They should be banned everywhere...

can't stand main stream media. all owned by big corps and will NEVER show any news that could ever hurt them. and when they don't like things they will never show that side of news. That sir is not called a news station

Good for canada

[QUOTE="Ace6301"][QUOTE="kingkong0124"] stop trying to downplay the situation. kingkong0124

Based on that study that showed Fox News viewers to be less informed than people who don't watch news, I'd say that they were being pragmatic and I love me some pragmatism.

The government involving itself in media is never good.

kingkong0124

Then why did media proceed to go to sh*t after Regan took government out of media? You're just parroting talking points as usual.

I'm not. Governments that impose media regulations similar to this one should not be commended for their actions. It's just as bad. kingkong0124

Story.

Fox News will not be moving into Canada after all! The reason: Canadian regulators announced last week they would reject efforts by Canada's right-wing Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to repeal a law that forbids lying on broadcast news.

br0kenrabbit

Sucks when the government gets to decide what you can and what you cannot watch.

Sucks when the government gets to decide what you can and what you cannot watch.

whipassmt

I'm guessing you approve of FCC regulations prohibiting certain content over free airwaves in the US. Am I right?

Sucks when the government gets to decide what you can and what you cannot watch.

whipassmt

We know you love sweet little lies, whipassmt. Whispered so softly...:)

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Story.

Fox News will not be moving into Canada after all! The reason: Canadian regulators announced last week they would reject efforts by Canada's right-wing Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to repeal a law that forbids lying on broadcast news.

whipassmt

Sucks when the government gets to decide what you can and what you cannot watch.

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Story.

Fox News will not be moving into Canada after all! The reason: Canadian regulators announced last week they would reject efforts by Canada's right-wing Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to repeal a law that forbids lying on broadcast news.

l4dak47

Sucks when the government gets to decide what you can and what you cannot watch.

Who cares? It's Canada.

[QUOTE="whipassmt"]Sucks when the government gets to decide what you can and what you cannot watch.

worlock77

I'm guessing you approve of FCC regulations prohibiting certain content over free airwaves in the US. Am I right?

[QUOTE="l4dak47"][QUOTE="whipassmt"] Well I guess that rule would ban most news stations. Heck probably the only news station allowed in canada is this:

Sucks when the government gets to decide what you can and what you cannot watch.

whipassmt

Yet MSNBC remains just as bad, and gets less than half the hate.

dercoo

[QUOTE="whipassmt"]

[QUOTE="l4dak47"] Why would that happen? Or do you think it's perfectly normal and natural for news media to lie? l4dak47

Well certain things should be prohibited, such as two-men kissing, cause nobody want to see that junk when they turn on the tube!whipassmt

[QUOTE="l4dak47"][QUOTE="whipassmt"] People in general lie.

whipassmt

[QUOTE="whipassmt"] Well certain things should be prohibited, such as two-men kissing, cause nobody want to see that junk when they turn on the tube!Zeviander

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="whipassmt"]Sucks when the government gets to decide what you can and what you cannot watch.

whipassmt

I'm guessing you approve of FCC regulations prohibiting certain content over free airwaves in the US. Am I right?

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[QUOTE="l4dak47"] Yea.......? What's your point? I'm talking about the news media. l4dak47

The irony of this is that Harper is technically Conservative.Though he's pretty Liberal by American standards.

Good stuff, though. Don't need their terrible programming to seep into my country.

Aljosa23