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Any “Fairness Doctrine” that would change this would violate the First Amendment.

Most lies are not defamation.

The Fairness Doctrine would change nothing about this.

Did you notice the word “constitutionally”?

We cannot apply the Fairness Doctrine to “news” because that would violate the First Amendment - that is why it did not apply to news the first time around.

It was an exception for broadcast due to the nature of the spectrum. We can’t add other media.

Which foreign government is Fox News acting in conjunction with such that they can be sanctioned for being a foreign intelligence apparatus?

Cable channels don’t have broadcast licenses.

And that is not how being an accessory works.

No one ever said FOX broadcast doesn’t have news - the statement was that they do not carry Fox News programming.

And by bringing in Sinclair, a completely different company, you are disproving your own point that FOX broadcast stations and Fox News are owned by the same company.

Yes - regulations on the press, including who gets to call themselves press, is a violation of the First Amendment.

Forget “inability to follow complex sentences and sequences of events” - he can’t follow simple sentences and sequences of events.

Did you actually read the case or did you just read an AI summary?

Because SCOTUS specifically talks about lies in that case.

No. That would be a law regulating the press - which the First Amendment specifically forbids.

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Do you see the word “press”?

Additionally, most lies are protected by the First Amendment as established in U.S. v Alvarez.

You are clearly not understanding neither me nor the First Amendment.

The First Amendment prevents Congress regulating the press. This means Congress cannot make laws regulating the press - including regulations determining what press is protected and what “press” is not.

What part of “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom … of the press; …” do you think is unclear?

It’s in the plain language of the First Amendment.

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What are the voter turnout numbers for those areas?

Did anything else change besides Obama or Trump?

You don’t have to agree. But it well established law in the U.S.

Yes - education should be the precursor to regulation.

And people educated on the history that led to the creation and passing of the First Amendment understand why allowing the government to regulate the press is a really bad idea.

Education about the press and civics and the humanities and lots and lots of other things.

But that has nothing to do with government regulation of the press.

And this is the way to do it - through community engagement.

Okay. And?

Donahue syndicated in 1970.

We absolutely should work on improving education.

But that has nothing to do with the press.

Tall about pictures that convey no meaning…

No - but it sure as fuck would violate freedom of the press.

We absolutely can and should do better - but government regulation of the press is not the way to get there.

Why are *you* trying to use it to erase an important distinction?