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2024-02-08 20:27:58 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3482F33955540F0FDDCDD5068B3F886F3F4992D83B213800EE63ECD80A3EFA64
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Fox News’ lawyers defending Carlson against a libel lawsuit in 2018: “A reasonable viewer would not [the statements in question] were fact.” According to the International Federation of Journalists, factual accuracy is a crucial part of journalism as a profession. https://www.npr.org/2020/09/29/917747123/you-literally-cant-believe-the-facts-tucker-carlson-tells-you-so-say-fox-s-lawye https://www.ifj.org/who/rules-and-policy/global-charter-of-ethics-for-journalists
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