"........by violating all rules of law......"
any journalist,blogger,news station, interviewer etc that allows that lie from the GOP to go unchallenged should be regulated to the likes of TMZ and the enquirer... (which realistically, both are a lot more 'truthfully than most 'honest' journos since they know they'll be sued if they aren't honest and the journos know no one will call them on their bullshit)..
seriously this idea of giving the other side a chance to spew any lie they want in an effort to look 'bi-partisan' is complete crap...I remember the 'gasps' heard around the world when Cindy Crowly corrected Mitt Romney on his "The president never said terrorism" lie... and the outrage from the right that she would be so partisan... when did blatant truth become so partisan?
Where concrete facts and truths are involved, there isn't any "other side", not in any realistic sense. There can be opinions, but if they spawn from a non acceptance or refusal to acknowledge or injection of false narrative/items, and are treated as, "well, it's only fair to hear a differing view/the other side", then you failed as a jurno...you just have, and you shouldn't be taken seriously as one, especially where facts and truths have been established and you allow for it anyway under the pretense of fairness.
The Civil Wars primary driving factor was slavery.
2+2=4.
We orbit the sun.
We don't know life's origins, but we do know it evolved over time once it appeared.
A square has four sides.
The earth isn't flat and you can't walk off the edge.
Crystals and frog piss don't cure cancer.
Gordon Ramsey is an asshole, likable, but an asshole.
President Obama is an American Citizen, who's also a Christian.
The closest star to earth...is our sun.
Vaccines do not cause autism.