MiddleAgesModem

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[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The shibboleth in question

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

No, it's not. Free speech protects what you say from the government, not your employer. Your employer ALSO has free speech, meaning they can decide what can and can't be said on their property.

This is like saying Sesame Street doesn't show hardcore porn and that's a violation of free speech.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Oh so the thing that HASN'T HAPPENED is your counterargument?

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago (3 children)
[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world -4 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

"Free speech" doesn't entitle you to dictate policy over privately held companies. We spent four years trying to convince Trumpers of this. Be smarter.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world -2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Why is this downvoted? It correctly point out what "free speech" actually means.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world -1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Wrong. It opposed Naziism and Soviet Union misinformation. Since then it's been a standard journalism outlet that, by law, could not be dictated by US politicians.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

While being the biggest pusher of propaganda in US history.

And VOA was only "propaganda" when you consider objective information to be "propaganda", like dumbfuck Trumpers do.

Since 1976 the Charter and later the 1994 International Broadcasting Act legally forbid government officials from dictating content. Don't worry about facts, though.

Trump himself tried to make it a propaganda outlet, doing the exact opposite of what you credit him for. He put Michael Pack in charge who sidelined editors, froze visas for foreign reporters and scrapped long‑standing “fire‑wall” rules that protect editorial independence.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Piss poor response. If you're too immature to admit being wrong, that's on you, don't put it on us.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

He didn't have the ability to release the files. Will you idiots ever fucking listen?

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