What would you say about Tucker Carlson (while he was at Fox) and Rachel Maddow (MSBC) who argued in court that their audience doesn’t take them literally and know that they are just entertainers as a defense against claims of defamation.
I would expect Zack to say that both engage in Bad Faith when they are saying things that are not true but work for engaging the audience.
While the audience knows they are watching partly because of entertainment, the overt appearance of any statement is one of being told the truth. The same goes for questions asked during a friendly conversation. We know we are together because we care about spending time with each other but the surface appearence of any question is still about wanting to know the answer to that question.
What would you say about Tucker Carlson (while he was at Fox) and Rachel Maddow (MSBC) who argued in court that their audience doesn’t take them literally and know that they are just entertainers as a defense against claims of defamation.
I would expect Zack to say that both engage in Bad Faith when they are saying things that are not true but work for engaging the audience.
While the audience knows they are watching partly because of entertainment, the overt appearance of any statement is one of being told the truth. The same goes for questions asked during a friendly conversation. We know we are together because we care about spending time with each other but the surface appearence of any question is still about wanting to know the answer to that question.