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Fox News didn't contend it had no legal obligation to be truthful, nor did a court uphold that. A viral post misrepresented a 1998 lawsuit involving two reporters and a Fox-owned affiliate over retaliatory firing.

thentic news organization. To build the case, the post said Fox even sought the legal right to tell lies.

"Fox is not a news organization. It is GOP propaganda in a format that appears to be a TV news channel," an Aug. 21 read. The image goes on to claim that Fox won a legal appeal"that declared it had no legal obligation to be truthful in its reporting."This claim about Fox News is wrong, and it was flagged as part of Facebook's efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about

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