• trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Between the increasingly picayune wranglings over the nature of Donald Trump’s gag orders and the cries by journalists desperate for people to take seriously the things he says on the campaign trail, it’s become ever more clear that America doesn’t so much have a “free speech” problem as it is profoundly suffering thanks to cost-free speech.

    What sort of laws curtailing free speech should we have to either prevent or punish the use of dangerous rhetoric?

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      1 year ago

      Unbiased and truthful news. You want to call yourself news? There should be standards you abide by. You want to just entertain? It should be labeled.

      Remember, fox news fought and won the right to lie to the American people.

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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      What sort of laws curtailing free speech should we have to either prevent or punish the use of dangerous rhetoric?

      Campaigns can’t advertise or have events until 45 days before an election.