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A. Who specified this implied contract? B. I completely disagree. Trump calls them names, because his base hates these people, and has some just grievances. In

A. Who specified this implied contract? B. I completely disagree. Trump calls them names, because his base hates these people, and has some just grievances. In the past, such people risked being hung by the mob; name-calling is a far superior alternative and not the end of democracy, as even The Economist implies. C. There is a difference between fair criticism, impartially given; and a myopic criticism. His fans feel the criticism is unfair; which causes all criticism to be tuned out. That’s a warning sign to the media they’ve overstepped their bounds.

throw646577 2y ago
> A. Who specified this implied contract? Nobody specifies implied contracts. They are implied. In the case of the USA, from centuries of understanding that what marked the USA out as different to the European states from which people were dissenting was a commitment that power would answer to truth and constitutional protections to enable that. (I'm a Brit but this is obvious to me) > That’s a warning sign to the media they’ve overstepped their bounds. If this is the way people are now thinking, then they deserve the Rollerball future they are building for themselves.
- gjsman-1000 2y ago
  In that case, considering we fought a war to be free of your government, there’s an implied contract I must follow, that Brits get zero say on American politics. This implied contract is even older than modern journalism.
  - throw646577 2y ago
    That truth should answer to power is one of the USA's greatest exports; it strengthened journalistic traditions the world over. If you're happy to see this curtailed in the ways you're expressing, I cannot help you understand the downsides.
    - throw646577 2y ago
      That power should answer to truth, I mean. Or that truth should speak to power. Brain failing due to hunger
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throw646577 2y ago

> A. Who specified this implied contract? Nobody specifies implied contracts. They are implied. In the case of the USA, from centuries of understanding that what marked the USA out as different to the European states from which people were dissenting was a commitment that power would answer to truth and constitutional protections to enable that. (I'm a Brit but this is obvious to me) > That’s a warning sign to the media they’ve overstepped their bounds. If this is the way people are now thinking, then they deserve the Rollerball future they are building for themselves.

gjsman-1000 2y ago
In that case, considering we fought a war to be free of your government, there’s an implied contract I must follow, that Brits get zero say on American politics. This implied contract is even older than modern journalism.
- throw646577 2y ago
  That truth should answer to power is one of the USA's greatest exports; it strengthened journalistic traditions the world over. If you're happy to see this curtailed in the ways you're expressing, I cannot help you understand the downsides.
  - throw646577 2y ago
    That power should answer to truth, I mean. Or that truth should speak to power. Brain failing due to hunger

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