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> When you cannot trust the media any more because they are no longer one of the last checks on government overreach and influence I'd argue you can't trust th
by beej71 2y ago
> When you cannot trust the media any more because they are no longer one of the last checks on government overreach and influence
I'd argue you can't trust them because of the First Amendment. They have a lot of leeway to say whatever they want. Like with an individual, trust is either earned or theirs to lose.
> instead have a relationship where the government dictates to the media what they can and cannot report? That to me, is far more dangerous than surveillance.
It is very dangerous. Is this happening, though? I don't recall Biden calling for pulling news channels' permits. Did he revoke press corps passes?
- burningChrome 2y ago>> It is very dangerous. Is this happening, though? I don't recall Biden calling for pulling news channels' permits. Did he revoke press corps passes? So you don't remember the government going to social media platforms during Covid telling them they have to suppress information that contradicts the idea that if you get the vaccine you're 100% protected from getting or passing on the virus? Or the 55 CIA agents who signed a letter stating the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation even though they knew it wasn't, and then directed the media to push this complete lie to the general public? There are copious other examples, but you don't need to pull news channels permits or press passes. You just tell them what to report instead.
- beej71 2y agoI remember the government asking them to do it, but have no recollection of them being required to do it. I do, however, recall Trump pulling White House press passes and threatening to cancel broadcast licenses. P.S. Go after Hunter all you want. Nobody cares.