Washington State Group Is 1st to Sue Fox News for Calling Coronavirus a 'Hoax'

[riversedge]

I wonder if the board
member was included in the suit???




Washington State Group Is 1st to Sue Fox News for Calling Coronavirus a ‘Hoax’
https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2020/04/02/washington-state-group-is-1st-to-sue-fox-news-for-calling-coronavirus-a-hoax/

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An obscure Washington state group has become the first in the nation to sue Fox News over its coronavirus coverage, asking a state court to keep the cable network from airing false information about the pandemic.



The 10-page complaint — filed Thursday in King County — also names as defendants Fox News Corp., owner Rupert Murdoch, AT&T TV and COMCAST.

It seeks an injunction to prohibit the conservative-leaning outlet from “interfering with reasonable and necessary measures to contain the virus by publishing further false and deceptive content.”
WASHLITE complaint against Fox News. (PDF)
WASHLITE complaint against Fox News. (PDF)

Reacting in a statement, Lily Fu Claffee, general counsel for FOX News Media, told Times of San Diego: “Wrong on the facts, frivolous on the law. We will defend vigorously and seek sanctions as appropriate.”

Arthur West, leader of the 3-year-old Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics, or WASHLITE, the plaintiff, said in a phone interview that its members have run into people who still believe earlier Fox News reports that the pandemic was a hoax.

(One board member was diagnosed with coronavirus, he said, asking the name be withheld.)......................................

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[Iliyah]

1. What were they thinking? . . . .

That the virus would magically disappear or would not reach the USA's shores? They have no concerns for the welfare of this country nor the world. It was and still is a horrific way of news and as a result many will die because of it.

t-rump, the administration, republican party and propaganda news such as fox, newsmax, oan, and hate radio have blood on their hands.

[roamer65]

2. Get 'em.

[colsohlibgal]

3. That Makes My Day

I Hope lawsuits against them multiply big time! Let’s bankrupt them and shut them down. The damage to the masses they have fostered is incalculable......they needed enough easily molded suckers to make it work and got them.

As the old saying goes, never underestimate the stupidity of the American people...at least tens of millions of them, convinced to vote directly against their own personal interest.

[onenote]

6. These lawsuits are not going to bankrupt Fox. Or anyone else. They're a waste of time.

[gibraltar72]

4. Once again they will have to publicly state they are not news. They entertain the worst

people in the world.

[CrispyQ]

5. Fuck Fox. Fuck them all to hell.

And while I hope their lawsuit can take Fox down, I'm not too happy with the ignorant assholes who have listened to and believed these lying hosts, either.