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To: marktwain
The framers understood and feared government control of the media.

They did not foresee an ideology seizing the media, and the media controlling the government.

This is the salient point of this debate.

19 posted on 11/07/2018 7:09:12 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp
marktwain The framers understood and feared government control of the media. They did not foresee an ideology seizing the media, and the media controlling the government.
This is the salient point of this debate.
Agreed. It’s a different phenomenon, but the same effect. Tyranny.

20 posted on 11/07/2018 7:22:17 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion
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