Opinion Should shows like Rachel Maddow have to air a disclaimer at the beginning of the program?

Eusung said:
lol andnowweknow liked this obvious troll post.
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I just assumed they are friends or the same poster. They usually pop up with pretty similar responses in threads. Maybe they agree, but I have started to notice it pretty regularly after "The great banning of 2021."
 
blaseblah said:
Shows like The Rachel Maddow Show have argued in court successfully that they are not telling facts and are just entertainment. However it's pretty obvious people watch these types of shows and believe they are getting the news. They present themselves as providing real information to the American public while arguing another thing in court. Wouldn't it make sense to air a disclaimer before the show letting the audience know it is not based on fact? Similar to how South Park does.

Judge Opinion:

"On one hand, a viewer who watches news channels tunes in for facts and the goings-on of the world. MSNBC indeed produces news, but this point must be juxtaposed with the fact that Maddow made the allegedly defamatory statement on her own talk show news segment where she is invited and encouraged to share her opinions with her viewers. Maddow does not keep her political views a secret, and therefore, audiences could expect her to use subjective language that comports with her political opinions.

Thus, Maddow’s show is different than a typical news segment where anchors inform viewers about the daily news. The point of Maddow’s show is for her to provide the news but also to offer her opinions as to that news. Therefore, the Court finds that the medium of the alleged defamatory statement makes it more likely that a reasonable viewer would not conclude that the contested statement implies an assertion of objective fact"

https://greenwald.substack.com/p/a-court-ruled-rachel-maddows-viewers
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All opinion news should be prefixed with the statement "This is my opinion." That should be the case on all sides.
 
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Have to? No. But newspapers will explicitly say what are opinion pieces to avoid legal issues so it's not far fetched for networks to do that for some of their shows. Not like anyone would pay attention to it anyway, but it would be a good CYA.
 
Any opinion show masquerading as a News show should have a disclaimer.

Andy Rooney had to do it every time he came on.
 
Yes, there's nothing wrong with informing consumers/viewers more. Labels, rating systems, disclaimers, I want more of it.
 
Gutter Chris said:
Yea all those prime time news network shows should have an infotainment graphic in the bottom corner of the screen. Rachel Hannity tucker all of them

But I think the bigger problem is that people want to be spoonfed bullshit that pleases their confirmation bias and no disclaimer is going to fix that.

Also problem .... who gets to be the one who decides if something is news or infotainment ?
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Well said....
 
Absolutely, and same goes for FOX. This shit isn’t news, they’re political soap operas. There should be some type of consumer protection language stating what these shows are (entertainment) and what they’re not (actual news).
 
I think so, for its not news in the Cronkite fashion, merely a set of cultivated opinions used to steer opinion at the behest of the powers that be (the DNC for MSNBC). It isn’t suitable for people without a knowledge base, like the younger people of this country, and we should really make it known. Of course, people should have the right to create whatever show they want; it should just be noted that it isn’t actual news.

Rachel is bad. She used the template of Fox to mold her show into a successful one, but at the cost of her integrity. Tucker is far worse though.
 
Holic said:
Yes, there's nothing wrong with informing consumers/viewers more. Labels, rating systems, disclaimers, I want more of it.
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Who decides?
It’ll end up like Facebook. Ratchet Maddow won’t have a disclaimer, but Tucker will.
Censorship sucks...
 
No point in it really, you cant fix stupid.

People say we are headed for 1984, but in reality we are heading towards ideocracy.
 
It's the same thing as a newspaper have an opinions section. If you are too dimwitted to recognize opinion vs news you shouldn't be allowed to watch tv. sorry fox viewers.
 
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I mean it’s very clearly ideologically driven political bias. Same with every other news show, both radio and tv. If Rachel Maddow had to have a disclaimer I don’t see why NPR wouldn’t be required to issue the same disclaimer.
 
lilelvis said:
Who decides?
It’ll end up like Facebook. Ratchet Maddow won’t have a disclaimer, but Tucker will.
Censorship sucks...
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Agreed, but ideally there would be no decision. It would be on all shows using objective criteria. But yeah that's a pipe dream.
 
tangata motu'a said:
While it may be an opinion oriented show, she is going off of facts. So she is not misleading the public. The problem is with people like Tucker and Hannity who not only have opinion shows, but base those opinions off of lies. That is where the public gets confused as fans of those 2 shows are not smart enough to tell the difference
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Wasn't the entire case predicated on the show being opinion-based instead of fact-based?
 
How about holding them accountable for misleading, a few more lawsuits like the magazine school kid with the old Indian guy as well as the veritas guy might straighten them out
 
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