Who had “Freedom of Press” as one of the first pillars to fall?

  • grue@lemmy.world
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    Who had “Freedom of Press” as one of the first pillars to fall?

    Are you kidding? On the fascism bingo card, that’s the free space.

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      This is Extremely Dangerous to Our Democracy

      Going right to the top, you mean?

      The stations in question:

      WNBC - New York City NBC affiliate owned and operated by NBC

      WCBS - New York City CBS affiliate owned and operated by CBS

      WPVI - Philadelphia ABC affiliate owned and operated by ABC

      Clearly sending a specific message by going after complaints specifically from first-party stations in large markets.

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    They learned from Hungary, that in democracy if you control media, you control how people vote.

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      I mean the US was already about 70% there, much farther than almost every other Western country…

      Not that the remaining 30% isn’t CRUCIAL, mind you, but let’s not pretend that nothing was wrong with just about every aspect of the US political system before Trump et al took it to 11…

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    Do I take the angle that they did this to themselves or do I take the Angle that I hate the Constitution UNLESS I’m Defending a Mass Child Killing Murderer?