Is it illegal for the media to present false information as truth to the public?

I'm writing an essay on the media and I just wasn't sure. And Google helps me not.Is it illegal for the media to present false information as truth to the public?
They all sound be charged for their reporting of the false flag attack on 9/11 if it is..


In truth most journalists are mere repeaters of what's feed to them by their superiors.





In the case of when the BBC reported live the collapse of WTC7 on 9/11 over 20 minutes before it happened it was taken from a Reuters dispatch. Reuters incidentally along with AP is owned by the Rothschilds.Is it illegal for the media to present false information as truth to the public?
most of the media try to present the facts in a fair unbiased fashion..sometimes the facts presented are not as true as they should be.like if I tell you something that is not entirely true and you believe all I've said is the truth,then you pass those ';facts'; on to a third party.you are inadvertently guilty of telling lies.(not your fault) but you would get the blame.The media tries to verify the facts before telling them..sometime you get ';there has been unsubstantiated reports of heavy fighting in such and such areas.even though by the pictures you can see there is heavy fighting.They cannot say it is certain ,unless it is corroborated.However if a media says things knowing them to be untrue to incite or escalate a situation ,to make things worse for everyone and the country.this is treason and propaganda reporting and can be punished by law.Mr joyce ';Lord haw-haw.';.during the war spread malicious transmissions to demoralise our troops.he was later tried as a war criminal.
Mostly a civil matter





There was a news program - I think Nightline - that did a story on exploding gas tanks in GM Trucks





They crashed a number of them but could not get them to actually ignite till they rigged them with flares





GM found the truck in junk yards and proved they had been rigged by NBC





Sadly the gas tanks were likely dangerous but the rigging overshadowed the truth





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should be, but it isn't. Fox News built their network on falsehoods. That doesn't mean they can't be held accountable in a civil suit, however.
Only if it defames someone's character, which would be libel.