‘Free Speech for Me, but Not for Thee’

National Review ^ | 1/26/2021 | Rich Lowry

[Onthebrink]

The American media — long stalwart defenders of the First Amendment — are now having second thoughts.

For decades, it was a commonplace sentiment among journalists that freedom of the press was one of the glories of our system. It helped to make the government accountable and to air diverse points of view — even unpopular ones — to be tested in the marketplace of ideas

[Onthebrink]

This was a day where I never thought what you political views were you would be judged in the harshest of ways—or lose your ability to make money.

[polymuser]

Leftists/progressives are a cult, that will NOT tolerate dissenting thought, that happily turn children against their parents.

What used to be called a difference of opinion is now demonized as disinformation.

Satan’s minions have been very busy.

[McGavin999]

If you lose your job because of your political opinion go into business for yourself and become competition to your idiot boss.

[marktwain]

The Left loved freedom of the press, as long as they owned the press.

They started complaining about freedom of the press as soon as Conservatives managed to obtain a little press, with Rush Limbaugh.

Then it was the Internet.

Then social media.

Now the Left demands total control.

[stratboy]

Never Trumper Rich Lowery can go pound sand.

[Travis McGee]

[Onthebrink]

True. But for many, it is the start up cost that kills.

[T.B. Yoits]

The American media have not been "long stalwart defenders of the First Amendment". They're propagandists and free speech directly opposes them as they want to shut down the marketplace of free ideas.

"Freedom of the press" is something that propagandists use to absolve themselves of liability as they spread lies.

[a fool in paradise]

>>The American media — long stalwart defenders of the First Amendment — are now having second thoughts.

American media played up being defenders of the First Amendment but they have HATED conservative talk for many decades. They certainly wanted Rush Limbaugh banned dating back to the 1980s and no doubt had earlier targets.

American media sided with globalists, Communists, and seditionists at every turn.

Even now CBS PBS and the NY Times look favorably on the Weather Underground and Black Panthers.

[a fool in paradise]

Stalinists lie. Always

Stalinists in the East and in the West.

George Orwell saw this first hand and it horrified him inspiring several books.

[foreverfree]

bump

[aimhigh]

The American media — long stalwart defenders of the First Amendment

I disagree. The only reason people believe this is because the internet didn't exist to expose the press's censorship in times past.

[MAAG]

These talking heads are only splurging out what they are told.

“Their throat is an open grave,

With their tongues they keep deceiving,”

“The venom of [j]asps is under their lips”;

“Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;

But I tell you that for every careless word that people speak, they will give an account of it on the day of judgment.

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”