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Treating foreign media as a "national security issue" is extremely scary. This is not something that free societies do.

• dvt 6y ago
  > Treating foreign media as a "national security issue" is extremely scary. Not really. RT and Al Jazeera has (rightfully) suffered much of the same scrutiny. There's a fundamental difference between something extremely partisan (think Breitbart or HuffPo) and something state-sponsored. Let's not bury our heads in the sand here.
  • bigpumpkin 6y ago
    RT and Al Jazeera may suffer scrutiny, but the US government cannot ban Americans from reading them.
  • kanox 6y ago
    > There's a fundamental difference between something extremely partisan (think Breitbart or HuffPo) and something state-sponsored. Not really, free speech should apply even to hostile foreign propaganda.
  • nmfisher 6y ago
    But this is tantamount to banning Americans from accessing the Al Jazeera website. It’s obscene.