Friendly reminder that "freedom of the press" refers to the printing press (i.e. the internet today), not a "journalist" class with special protections.
The allowing US citizens to be subjected to propaganda by obama actually did that. For decades previous to that, it was illegal for the government to serve you propaganda through news media. I think it was a section from Smith-Mund... something or other, but I could be confusing one bill for another. It has been more than a decade after all.
It was a small section of the Smith Mundt Modernization Act that allowed the government to inflict propaganda unto us. The original Smith Mundt Act banned it.
As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.
Alpha Centauri called it, except they missed that the UN would be pushing to remove the free flow of information.
Are there any examples of countries that had freedom of speech and then developed a disinformation problem, banned free speech, and now no longer have disinformation campaigns waged against them? I'm genuinely curious.
Friendly reminder that "freedom of the press" refers to the printing press (i.e. the internet today), not a "journalist" class with special protections.
The “journalist” class would have been hung as traitors spouting propaganda for the King
Oh no, the populus may start to think for themselves.
The allowing US citizens to be subjected to propaganda by obama actually did that. For decades previous to that, it was illegal for the government to serve you propaganda through news media. I think it was a section from Smith-Mund... something or other, but I could be confusing one bill for another. It has been more than a decade after all.
link for info: https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/14/u-s-repeals-propaganda-ban-spreads-government-made-news-to-americans/
It was a small section of the Smith Mundt Modernization Act that allowed the government to inflict propaganda unto us. The original Smith Mundt Act banned it.
Thanks for the clarification. I thought it was the other way around, that a piece was removed.
And by that they mean disagreement.
Absolutely it does. Especially by the even more securely protected media.
It's funny because countries without free speech rights also have malignformation problems.
Alpha Centauri called it, except they missed that the UN would be pushing to remove the free flow of information.
And the evidence for that is MSNBC.
my cat has a better grasp on reality than any msnpc analyst
Shutting down MSNPC would reduce disinformation campaings.
He's right, MSNBC and it's journalists should lose it's 1st amendment rights.
Are there any examples of countries that had freedom of speech and then developed a disinformation problem, banned free speech, and now no longer have disinformation campaigns waged against them? I'm genuinely curious.