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The paper is self-censoring. My confusion is around how the free speech rights of the press are being infringed. As I understand it, the paper willingly gave up
by batch12 2y ago
The paper is self-censoring. My confusion is around how the free speech rights of the press are being infringed. As I understand it, the paper willingly gave up its own rights. The point I was trying to make (poorly) is that this seems like less of an issue than, for instance, being compelled by a third party.
Edit: lots of changes to try and clarify my point
- krapp 2y agoI disagree that the paper is self-censoring. Editors wrote and intended to publish endorsements of Kamala Harris. They didn't choose to censor themselves, nor willingly give up anything. The decision was made by management. That may be less of a problem than government goon-squads raiding the Washington Post but I still think it's a problem.
- batch12 2y agoIsn't management the paper too?