CNN, a network that reports fake news regularly is backing the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against Fox News for over one billion dollars. Fox had guests on who believed Dominion has serious flaws. For one, it is hackable.
This is an important First Amendment case for the press. But the press, outside of Fox, OANN, and Newsmax seem happy to say what the government wants them to say. The proof of that is in the Twitter Files.
Even every social media site is suppressed by the government and allied actors.
The commentator asked Chuck Schumer if it is the role of government officials to demand media organizations say things or tell them what to put on their airwaves.
If News Outlets Disagree with Schumer, He Has the Right to Tell Them What to Do
“Well, it’s hardly the first time people say channel four should have done this; the New York Times should have done that. That’s not unusual. But what has happened here is John, is very unusual. That is not simply telling them what to do. This is telling them, showing that they have hurt our democracy probably no other way that no other actor, maybe with the exception of Donald Trump who used them, um, um has done. And when it’s that vital, I think we not only have a right to tell Rupert Murdoch and Fox what to do, an obligation.
“I hope people from one end of the country to the other, will call up Fox and say, do what Hakeem Jeffries and I ask for. And stop the lies. To say they were wrong. And report the news. They have a different way of reporting the news than someone else, fine, but lying is not part of that different way.”
He should follow his own advice. He’s an old, corrupt hack. Last November, he told his followers that they needed mass amnesty for all illegal aliens, or there was no future for America. That certainly is hurting our ‘democracy’.
In 2018, Schumer pushed for a law defining what a journalist is, and that would eliminate blogs and conservative reporters.
CNN and MSNBC have been lying about Trump and the Republicans for years. Where was Chuck Schumer when Hillary Clinton and the DNC were involved in paying to promote the Russia collusion lie that so divided our country and interfered in the 2016 election? They still tell the lie, and some people still don’t know it was a lie.
The New York Times had to ask Schumer for permission to publish an op-ed by Sen. Scott. Is this a free press?
Despite the 1st Amendment, @SenSchumer tells CNN: “We not only have a right to tell Rupert Murdoch and @FoxNews to do, but an obligation” pic.twitter.com/KbTFZeh7BT
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 2, 2023
Schumer also threatened Fox hosts. They either say they lied or warns he will “consider new steps.”
Continuing the broadside attack against his own oath of office, @SenSchumer took to MSNBC last night & told a receptive @chrislhayes that FNC hosts @IngrahamAngle & @TuckerCarlson must “admit” they told “lies” about the 2020 election. Otherwise, he warns, he’ll consider new steps pic.twitter.com/sCfkfTGP22
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 3, 2023
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What an arrogant piece of excrement. He’s not worth the status of a U.S. Senator. He should be out of a job for what he’s done.
I think if Tucker left, Fox would collapse finally. And Most of us conservatives wouldn’t care.
The only thing Government should demand of the Media is the Truth. The Government is prohibited from telling the Media what to say, but should be able to “discipline” a News Organization from Lying and calling it News. To that end, in a Constitutional Republic, the Government shouldn’t lie to the People and the People should have redress when people in the Government lie to them.
Editorial is a whole different thing and should be completely unregulated. Even the equivalent of “Crying Fire in a Theater” should be allowed on Blogs (the modern public square) and People must be allowed to criticize inappropriate content, but not censor or suppress it.
If you believe in Free Speech then you have Free Speech, not just the Speech you like. You can always choose not to visit a Blog that has speech you don’t approve of.
Then there is the issue of Protest. The People have a right to “protest” actions of the Government in the Public Square. They don’t have a right to protest in front of someone’s house. The 4th Amendment ensures a right for people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects. That right restricts Government and “mobs” from being terrorist.
The thinking of People like Chuck Schumer is very dangerous for Freedom because he only wants his idea of truth to be allowed in the public square. The problem is Democrats and RINOs stole the 2020 election and continued on to steal 2022 Elections. Just because they made Stealing Elections Legal doesn’t mean it’s right! People have a Right to Challenge the Government to ensure Elections are Fair and Free of Fraud and it’s always incumbent on Government to prove elections are Fair and Free of Fraud. Chuck Schumer’s protesting makes me wonder if he may guilty of election hanky-panky.