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It’s working fantastic. US media is great at generating hysteria (competitive market pressures in the war for attention), but the US is at essentially very litt
by pembrook 1y ago
It’s working fantastic. US media is great at generating hysteria (competitive market pressures in the war for attention), but the US is at essentially very little risk for speech suppression at the level of the UK right now.
- osullivj 1y agoUK too, and concerned. I agree that amendment 1 and 2 provisions effectively underpin individual freedom in the US due to founder perspicacity. My fear re US constitutional provision is on separation of powers, and transfer of power. Fortunately Pence held to the constitution. Nobody ever willingly takes their hands of the levers of power!
- dyauspitr 1y agoYeah just physical suppression with active military patrolling major cities.
- nosianu 1y ago> It’s working fantastic. The ignorance of what's been happening the last few months is ridiculous. Trump and his people have successfully pressured, or denied access, or removed security clearances, or demonetized (public broadcasting), or directly fired, or just called out to cause a hate-storm from his supporters, companies, organizations, individuals. Oh sure, it is different from the UK: Instead of technical blocks and surveillance this administration targets people and organizations directly. https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/paramount-will-pay-16-million-in-settlement-with-trump-over-60-minutes-interview/ https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/paramount... https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/11/us-journalist-dropped-by-abc-over-trump-administration-hater-comment https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/11/us-journalist-dropp... https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/07/media/trump-cnn-press-conference https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/07/media/trump-cnn-press-con... https://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/11/the-media-fears-231138 https://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/11/the-media-fe... https://www.npr.org/2025/03/01/g-s1-51489/voice-of-america-bias-inquiry https://www.npr.org/2025/03/01/g-s1-51489/voice-of-america-b... https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/corporate-media-caves-trump https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/corporate-media-caves-t...