[fieldmarshaldj]

Mass-scale RICO charges against the media.

[exnavy]

RICO investigation is a very good idea.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Mass-scale RICO charges against the media.

I have long advocated civil, rather than criminal, legal action - for the simple reason that Republican politicians simply have never had, likely never will have, the guts to actually go to the mat against the media ^{wire service journalism.}

Triple damages are available under RICO, but the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (a one-page law) does the same. The target, BTW, cannot be an amorphous “the media,” but the wire service in general and the Associated Press in particular will do just fine. Sue the AP and its membership, joint and several liability for all the “media feeding frenzy” justices such as the Duke Lacrosse “rape” story, the advertisement by “the media” for assassination of Presidents Bush and Trump, and for the assassination of George Zimmerman, the illegitimate “call” of FL for Gore in 2000 . . . (the list is virtually endless).

The First Amendment enshrines precious liberties, and must be enforced. But the First Amendment is about free and independent presses. Not a single, associated press projecting its message via “member newspapers” which are more like fronts.