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There should be a law for owners of media being kept at arm's length.
I think the laws we already have about free speech mean the government absolutely can't tell a newspaper owner what to print. They can be held liable if they break laws, but not endorsing a candidate is not illegal.
We absolutely have laws that regulate portions of news coverage. Yeah, they can't tell them what to say or what not to say, but there could exist laws that prevent owners from exerting too much influence over it.
We absolutely have laws that regulate portions of news coverage. Yeah, they can't tell them what to say or what not to say, but there could exist laws that prevent owners from exerting too much influence over it.
Were you thinking of the "fairness doctrine"?
https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/topic-guide/fairness-doctrine
They can strongly recommend what to say and refuse press passes to the outlets that don't follow the recommendation.
How would such a law work and not infringe on freedom of speech as it has been codified by jurisprudence?
I thought your laws for example had standards about news vs entertainment, which is why the idiots at Fox keep getting away with misinformation.
This is that "liberal news media" that Republicans keep yammering on about.
The one that's owned by six corporations.
As long as you mean 'neo liberal open to fascism' then yeah I guess they're all liberal....
Key pull quote from TFA:
Post chief executive Will Lewis, in an online explanation of the decision, wrote, “The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. Nor in any future presidential election.”
“We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates,” Lewis wrote.
“We recognize that this will be read in a range of ways, including as a tacit endorsement of one candidate, or as a condemnation of another, or as an abdication of responsibility,” he wrote. “That is inevitable. We don’t see it that way. We see it as consistent with the values The Post has always stood for and what we hope for in a leader: character and courage in service to the American ethic, veneration for the rule of law, and respect for human freedom in all its aspects.”
Coward is afraid of Trump exacting retribution if he wins. Fucking megacoward.
And I just killed my subscription to the post fuck them.
I've never agreed with journalistic organizations endorsing candidates. Report on them? Yes. Scathe them if necessary? Yes. Endorse them? No thank you.
long as he doesnt force a trump endorsement in its place, it could be an arguement for impartiality
But just think of the juicy government contracts
If Kamala really wanted to get back at Bezos for this, the best thing she could do is promote union membership in tech and in the press.
It has been Bezos' kryptonite for years, and while I hold zero hope that unions will grow in popularity in the US, having a president push for them might be enough to make big businesses shut up.
Bezod is worth so much there is no hope of a single president reigning him in.
It would require a group of countries going at all at once at him. Otherwise we are not only stuck with Bezod for our whole life his children and family will also be unstoppable.
These men should be disrupted. The "move fast and break things" was their mantra. Now they demand nobody move and nothing changes include wealth vectors.
Waltons entered the chat
If there is one thing that authoritarians are any good for, that is using their unlimited power to deflate millionaires' ambitions and keeping them in line e.g. Jack Ma https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56448688 (but yea, despots will help billionaires fuck everyone over if it benefits said despot enough)
Not really Nazi Germany was a robber baron's wet dream. All those train tracks in and out of the concentration camps were build with US investors money.
She shouldn't be "getting back" at people. That's Trump's MO, and a major part of the reason that makes him so unsuited for the role. She should do what's best for the country. So ultimately I agree she should be pushing for unions.
To that end I'd say unions would be best for the country
I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one.