Posted on 03/21/2021 3:04:44 PM PDT by Rummyfan
“The increased power of the press is so dangerous today because we are very close to one-party control of these institutions,” Silberman warned. “Our court was once concerned about the institutional consolidation of the press leading to a ‘bland and homogenous’ marketplace of ideas. It turns out that ideological consolidation of the press (helped along by economic consolidation) is the far greater threat.
“Although the bias against the Republican Party—not just controversial individuals—is rather shocking today, this is not new; it is a long-term, secular trend going back at least to the ’70s. (I do not mean to defend or criticize the behavior of any particular politician). Two of the three most influential papers (at least historically), The New York Times and The Washington Post, are virtually Democratic Party broadsheets. And the news section of The Wall Street Journal leans in the same direction,” Silberman noted. He added that these papers set the “orientation” of coverage for the Associated Press and most large papers across the country.
“Nearly all television—network and cable—is a Democratic Party trumpet,” the judge added. “Even the government-supported National Public Radio follows along.
Silberman also noted the tremendous influence “Silicon Valley” enjoys over “the distribution of news. And it similarly filters news delivery in ways favorable to the Democratic Party.” He cited Facebook’s and Twitter’s actions to suppress The New York Post‘s bombshell story about Joe Biden’s involvement with Hunter Biden’s notorious foreign deals
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Just the facts, from the website:
“Laurence Silberman, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, urged the Supreme Court to overturn the key defamation precedent New York Times v. Sullivan (1964), in part because the legacy media has become a threat to American Democracy. Silberman dissented from a court panel’s majority opinion in Tah and McClain v. Global Witness (2021), which ruled that Global Witness did not violate defamation law in falsely accusing Liberian officials of taking bribes from Exxon.”
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I think Judge Silberman is 87 years old. He was appointed by Ronald Reagan to the DC Circuit almost 40 years ago. Amy Coney Barrett once clerked for him.
Where is the ‘cancel culture’ when it comes to the totally biased, left-wing controlled media?
FACT is that, when it comes to democrats, they knew many decades ago that in order for them to survive as a viable political party, that they needed to take control of the media, and they’ve done so effectively. The left-wing media is actually the lying-stream media, where everything they do and say, is meant to favor the ‘democratic’ party.
And, control of the media came via control of the colleges and universities and schools of journalism. Except that, journalism is not what’s being taught. It’s no better than the kind of teaching that the ‘news’ media in the USSR and China and other totalitarian governments prefer and control.
Journalists coming out of journalism schools cannot tell the difference between real news and their biased/one-world-view that they practice. They have been brainwashed, just like members of Al-Qaeda cannot tell the difference between radical Muslim violence and working to make the world a better place. To the radical Muslims, violence is what they believe their ‘god’ wants. With the left-wing media, control of the message and their bias, is what they believe that is better for the people.
Silberman needs to have a chat with Miss Amy and get her on the right path of following the Constitution.
Nice for a judge to say out loud what we have known for decades......
the media has signed their own demise...
I.. and I know there are MANY who will not listen to the TV or radio news.. and I won’t read any newspaper. taking in any news is wasted time.. there are a few people who I know do not spend their time taking down the other side.. a few..
When you reach 87 years of age, a neW IDGAFF attitude is generated.
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