To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Truth in the News
Make the news media accountable for the information they convey to be factual, truthful and objective.
Why is this important?
With so much "dis-information" in the media today we need to have laws enacted, like the "Truth in Advertising" law, adopted by the Federal Trade Commissions Act in 1968. This law insures advertisers to be truthful and non-deceptive. The “Truth in Advertising” law, is not considered an infringement of our freedom of speech because advertising is "for profit," just like news programming is. A “Truth in News” law would insure the factual, truthful and objectivity of any news programing. Any purposefully misleading statements made by a network would be prosecuted in a court of law. American’s deserve to know what information we are given is news, and what is propaganda. We need a place to rely on for factual, truthful, and objective news. By signing this petition you will be telling legislators that you want any programing that looks, acts or sounds like news to be factual, truthful and objective.