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> a company is free to exercise its speech It wasn't always like that. We used to have rules like common carrier restricting the phone company, the fairness do
by leereeves 6y ago
> a company is free to exercise its speech
It wasn't always like that. We used to have rules like common carrier restricting the phone company, the fairness doctrine restricting television networks, and campaign finance rules restricting other media.
We truly live in the golden age of corporate power.
- bogwog 6y ago> the fairness doctrine restricting television networks We seriously need that one back
- Trill-I-Am 6y agoSo that MSNBC could’ve been forced to air pro-Trump defenses?
- leereeves 6y agoYes. And Fox could have been forced to air criticism, and in both cases fewer Americans would live in echo chambers. Media partisanship is misinforming and dividing Americans.