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The first amendment of our Constitution explicitly protects against the government as the censor. The head of the FCC going on Fox to call for it, is an overrea
by daveguy 1y ago
The first amendment of our Constitution explicitly protects against the government as the censor. The head of the FCC going on Fox to call for it, is an overreach. You do realize the FCC is part of the executive branch, right?
- billfor 1y agoBut it’s not just the government even assuming your comment about the first amendment is correct. Sinclair + Nexstar are about 80% of the stations and they both refused to carry it, so there’s a financial component. I believe their affiliates were the first to cancel even before the FCC comments. Why should ABC lose 80% of their income. https://x.com/WeAreSinclair/status/1968471160359645658 https://x.com/WeAreSinclair/status/1968471160359645658
- daveguy 1y agoThe first amendment restricts the government.
- intended 1y agoThere is no real engagement with your core point. What you are going to see is an evolutionary approach to finding which message is the most able to defuse umbrage, and further right leaning interests. If it’s useful to argue for free speech in one breath, then for censorship in the next, followed by “its just words” - it will be argued in that order. The utility function is politics, not reason or logic. Getting people to engage, and get tied up in the logic, is a feature not a bug. It wastes energy and creates the impression that this is an issue resolved with words and understanding.
- suzdude 1y agoSinclair did so _after_ the FCC comments. They did not take issue with the jokes prior to the FCC head.