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[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This shit will never get fixed until radical fascist media talking heads get dragged into the streets and beaten to a pulp every time they lie through their goddamn traitor teeth about tEh sAtAnIc bAby kIllIng dEmOnCrAts.

Fuck the goddamn First Amendment; if you cant use it responsibly you LOSE IT. These fuckers need to be crushed like the vile, pedophile cockroaches that they are.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Bring back the fair doctrine act that Ronald Reagan got rid of.

Edit: And make it an amendment.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The 1996 Telecommunications Act is the MUCH more insidious actor.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

How so? Can you explain, or should I look it up?

I remember something about that during the Clinton years, but I can't recall what it's about.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

It allowed corporations to buy up all the media outlets they wanted, leading to homogenization of content and elimination of voices that corporations find offensive. On The Media podcast did a miniseries about it called The Divided Dial, which was nice to hear because I had been ranting about it for years but it seemed that nobody else was paying attention. I think it's on YT, but search and ye shall find

[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Pandora's box is already open, I don't think that would work. Another approach would be to remove hate speech from being considered free speech. Targeting violence towards minority groups shouldn't be protected by free speech.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago

Every time they say "sOrOs pAiD aCtOrS" pull an upper incisor out with Vice Grips on pay-per-view