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To: wagglebee
Your post #129. Absolutely.

Newsweek would be an excellent first example to actually prosecute for bogus inflammatory lies published especially during a time of war. This cannot stand. And I don't want to hear First Amendment Rights on this one.

136 posted on 05/15/2005 12:11:51 PM PDT by daybreakcoming
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To: daybreakcoming
And I don't want to hear First Amendment Rights on this one.

Free Speech is not a license for irresponsibility, as many on the Left would contend.

138 posted on 05/15/2005 12:13:23 PM PDT by MrsEmmaPeel
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To: daybreakcoming
And I don't want to hear First Amendment Rights on this one.

Freedom of the Press carries with it an implicit understanding of truthfulness. This is really no different than court rulings that screaming "fire" in a crowded theater is not protected as Free Speech.

141 posted on 05/15/2005 12:15:25 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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