Sooooo....Let's discuss the Constitution.

They are the loose cannon--

"As it has become obvious that the Constitutional protections provided to the press in the 1st amendment are being used nefariously..."

Uh, no. And when you compare the Press today to the Press in Early America (1770s to 1810s), today's press is MUCH more honest and lest rumor-infested than our earlier press. The Press the framers were protecting in the FA was pretty rotten by today's understanding of truth and fairness.

Free speech is regulated.

Fire in a theater, defamation, etc.

Think of some quantifiable method to measure regulations/exceptions on constitutional rights. Call them "ALUs" - antiliberty units. Figure out what each regulation is worth and add everything up for each of the first 10 amendments.

Have it on my desk Friday morning and we can revisit the discussion.

Regulate them like the second amendment. It's important for public safety that we regulate certain constitutional rights.

Right?

What if they relable themselves as "political entertainment"?

There are already free press exceptions including defamation prohibitions, prohibitions against direct incitement of violence, obscenity laws. Reporters can go to jail for publishing leaked grand jury info & protecting unnamed sources wanted for crimes.

You'd like to add to these?

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There are already free press exceptions including defamation prohibitions, prohibitions against direct incitement of violence, obscenity laws. Reporters can go to jail for publishing leaked grand jury info & protecting unnamed sources wanted for crimes.

You'd like to add to these?

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You're post doesn't count. The OP obviously didn't care to present anything besides vague and abstract ideas to provide any basis for what he is even talking about. So your concrete examples are too much for the confusing OP.

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And when you compare the Press today to the Press in Early America (1770s to 1810s), today's press is MUCH more honest and lest rumor-infested than our earlier press. The Press the framers were protecting in the FA was pretty rotten by today's understanding of truth and fairness.

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history is a liberal art and liberal arts are for cucks

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As it has become obvious that the Constitutional protections provided to the press in the 1st amendment are being used nefariously and with wholesale abandonment of the role that the framers perceived them as playing in 1789, why can't we start regulating the press?

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Here is a good historical precedent for you.

"...Hitler had the cabinet, in its first post-election meeting on 15 March, draw up plans for an Enabling Act which would give the cabinet legislative power for four years. The Nazis devised the Enabling Act to gain complete political power without the need of the support of a majority in the Reichstag and without the need to bargain with their coalition partners.

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The Enabling Act allowed the cabinet to enact legislation, including laws deviating from or altering the constitution, without the consent of the Reichstag. Because this law allowed for departures from the constitution, it was itself considered a constitutional amendment. Thus, its passage required the support of two-thirds of those deputies who were present and voting. A quorum of two-thirds of the entire Reichstag was required to be present in order to call up the bill.

The Social Democrats (SPD) and the Communists (KPD) were expected to vote against the Act. The government had already arrested all Communist and some Social Democrat deputies under the Reichstag Fire Decree. The Nazis expected the parties representing the middle class, the Junkers and business interests to vote for the measure, as they had grown weary of the instability of the Weimar Republic and would not dare to resist."

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They are free to print the truth, no matter how damaging it may to the people in charge. They are not free to spread lies and misinformation.

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Actually, they have to be. The people are supposed to be smart enough and canny enough to figure it out.

Bad citizens are the problem right now. Like you.