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Do you think people who create false news stories...
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Do you think people who create false news stories... should be charged and prosecuted with a crime? Do you know the issue I'm referring to? Stories like the Pizzagate one that created a totally false story against political people. Stories that get spread<b> around the world </font></b>as though they are fact. Stories that result in people who believe them calling and making threats to people who work at the business named. Stories that can and do affect the business' income potential and can result in the failure of said business. Stories that result in threats and actions against individuals whom are totally innocent. So do you think that such activities should be a criminal offense and the perpetrators who start such stories and the media entities who pick up and add to or spread such stories as true should be prosecuted as well as being held financially liable for damages? Vive La Difference |
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from history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. As a wave of hysteria spread throughout colonial Massachusetts, a special court convened in Salem to hear the cases; the first convicted witch, Bridget Bishop, was hanged that June. Eighteen others followed Bishop to Salem’s Gallows Hill, while some 150 more men, women and children were accused over the next several months. By September 1692, the hysteria had begun to abate and public opinion turned against the trials. Though the Massachusetts General Court later annulled guilty verdicts against accused witches and granted indemnities to their families, bitterness lingered in the community, and the painful legacy of the Salem witch trials would endure for centuries. The law can be imprecise and justice elusive, but I think the creators of fake news stories that attach no disclaimer should be prosecuted for libel. Satire and parody are protected speech, and in spite of their protestations to the contrary, the fake news writers didn't mean to entertain, they meant to deceive. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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there should be some consequence for it, yes. but the damage is already done, especially with social media.........it runs like a wildfire and it can't be untold. people believe the most ridiculous things. BECAUSE they want to. it is next to impossible to untell a lie. even with facts. so if you hit them with a monetary fine........maybe just maybe they will think twice..... You cannot conceive the many without the one.
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I presume people can go to court, depending on their jurisdiction, to claim any damages from false stories. If falso stories were banned many UK tabloid newspapers would go under!  
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It seems fake news is the natural progression from the fabled Nigerian prince, asking for money only to reward you handsomely, from years ago. Naive is as naive does and the clicks to read (to me) these obviously false stories only results in money for these organizations. I think we as a society have lost our ability to take in this "reporting" and critically analyze the information provided.
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While we're at it what do you think about people or organizations that expose peoples private information such as telephone numbers, addresses, personal records etc.? (Virtual Symposium Group) use Virtual Symposium Group
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When cable "news" came along and a pathway to making money via news reporting was opened up was when journalism really died. Stories were bought and made up and no need to verify facts. Go back to a case I mentioned once before - the Duke Lacrosse thing. "BREAKING NEWS" that (lies, deceit, lack of integrity) has become the norm now. Creating a law(s) that would sufficiently deal with the issue would be very difficult given the First Amendment issues that would come up. The current media would oppose it. Then who would sponsor such a law? It doesn't benefit politicians. Oh hey there is the national referendum route . . . oh, wait, there isn't. do you think that such activities should be a criminal offense? Yes, especially if people are hurt in any way. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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When it's published and does damage to someone or a business, it will fall under libel/slander/defamation of character. Yes, the guilty party can and should be prosecuted and held responsible for monetary damages. Pagan  Hmmmm....I know I left that wand around here somewhere!
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If they incite riots or other damage to life, liberty and property, I think so. This is the online equivalent of yelling "fire" in a crowded theater where there is no fire.
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No one should be put in jail we should go back to real journalism. Only reason these stories spend is because formly reputable news outlets are now click bait farms that don't really care about the facts only the narrative. Forcing people to seek news elsewhere. Giving more of these fake news sites legitimacy.
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I am sure one of these days they will start prosecuting them for making up false stories. I mean seriously it's like people are getting prosecuted or sued for so many different things these days.. Seduce the mind and see what a wonderful adventure the body will take you on.. 
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I think this is a slippery slope. It is why there are civil "libel" laws on the books. (That you know who thinks he can dismantle.) There is suddenly more awareness of fake news stories in general. .. But what is currently being done about them is too little too late. 
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from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_(conspiracy_theory) After the shooting incident at Comet Ping Pong, Michael Flynn Jr., a member of President-Elect Donald Trump's transition team and the son of Michael T. Flynn, Trump's designate for National Security Advisor, tweeted: Until #Pizzagate proven to be false, it'll remain a story. The left seems to forget #PodestaEmails and the many 'coincidences' tied to it. On December 6, 2016 Flynn Jr. was forced out of Trump's transition team. Spokesman Jason Miller did not identify the reason for Flynn Jr.'s dismissal; however, The New York Times reported that other officials had confirmed it was related to the tweet. Flynn Jr.'s father had previously posted similarly conspiratorial material regarding Hillary Clinton alleging that Clinton's campaign manager, John Podesta, drank the blood and bodily fluids of other humans in Satanic rituals, which Politico says "soon morphed into the '#pizzagate' conspiracy theory involving Comet Ping Pong." Vive La Difference
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from history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. As a wave of hysteria spread throughout colonial Massachusetts, a special court convened in Salem to hear the cases; the first convicted witch, Bridget Bishop, was hanged that June. Eighteen others followed Bishop to Salem’s Gallows Hill, while some 150 more men, women and children were accused over the next several months. By September 1692, the hysteria had begun to abate and public opinion turned against the trials. Though the Massachusetts General Court later annulled guilty verdicts against accused witches and granted indemnities to their families, bitterness lingered in the community, and the painful legacy of the Salem witch trials would endure for centuries. Vive La Difference
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It's a sad day in America when it's "citizens" are attacking pizza joints based on idiotic conspiracy theories.  Vive La Difference
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While we're at it what do you think about people or organizations that expose peoples private information such as telephone numbers, addresses, personal records etc.? Vive La Difference
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