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Why is it that we do not have a law against MSM pushing propaganda

Posted on 3/17/24 at 3:09 pm
Posted by Elon Musketeer
Member since Feb 2023
54 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 3:09 pm
and if they do, then it would be considered as treason towards our country. Push the law to where you lock up the big MSM anchors and CEO's.
This would be the first executive order I would sign in office.
This post was edited on 3/17/24 at 3:10 pm
Posted by Deuces
The bottom
Member since Nov 2011
12593 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 3:10 pm to
Because who gets to decide what is propaganda?
Posted by Big Jim Slade
Member since Oct 2016
4968 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 3:12 pm to
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Posted by Warboo
Enterprise Alabama
Member since Sep 2018
2561 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 3:12 pm to
You do realize that if that was law that every conservative person in the press would be locked up……..oh wait…..that is already starting to happen. Never mind.
Posted by Froman
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2007
36261 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 3:14 pm to
Because the first amendment exists and you would have to prove that what they are pushing is propaganda, which wouldn’t be very easy.
Posted by bamacoullion
Fayette, Alabama
Member since Oct 2008
1787 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 3:19 pm to
We did have a law but Obama took care of that.
Posted by GumboPoBoy
Member since Jun 2015
325 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 3:19 pm to
Obama signed the law which banned MSM propaganda.
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
54329 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 3:32 pm to
I think the main problem is the intel agencies and State Dept straight up have assets in newsrooms. The major networks and newspapers used to somewhat be a check on power. Now they are just mouthpieces for it. You will never ever see a Sy Hersh in a newsroom that humiliates the MIC anymore.
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
112793 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:00 pm to
Be thankful that we don't have a law forbidding any skepticism about what the MSM puts out. That was a death sentence in the USSR.
The reason MSM propaganda is so successful today is because the vast majority of Americans have zero critical thinking skills.
Posted by dantes69
Boise, Id.
Member since Aug 2011
2022 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:25 pm to
we did, Obama got rid of it
Posted by Athis
Member since Aug 2016
11905 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:35 pm to
Posted by catholictigerfan
Member since Oct 2009
56332 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:45 pm to
The whole first amendment thing
Posted by 88Wildcat
Topeka, Ks
Member since Jul 2017
14056 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 5:40 pm to
Because they would use that law as justification to put people telling the truth in prison under the guise that they were spreading propaganda.

Here's a tip. If your solution results in less speech and not more speech you have not solved the problem. You have created a bigger problem.
This post was edited on 3/17/24 at 5:42 pm
Posted by cadillacattack
the ATL
Member since May 2020
4598 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 5:44 pm to

Posted by TerryDawg03
The Deep South
Member since Dec 2012
15931 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:21 pm to
quote:

This would be the first executive order I would sign in office.


So you'd try to use an EO to overturn the First Amendment?

Do yourself a favor and send it straight to SCOTUS when you sign it.
Posted by TigerB8
End Communism
Member since Oct 2003
9422 posts
Posted on 3/17/24 at 7:13 pm to
In 2012 Obama repealed the Smith Mundt act that made it illegal for US media to use propaganda against its citizens. Now we get force fed a shite sandwich of propaganda daily.
Posted by The Maj
Member since Sep 2016
27407 posts
Posted on 3/18/24 at 9:45 am to
quote:

law against MSM pushing propaganda


While they have apparently participated in censorship, I really do not like the idea of our government deciding what does and does not get published...
Posted by samson73103
Krypton
Member since Nov 2008
8260 posts
Posted on 3/18/24 at 10:29 am to
First Amendment and all
Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
25198 posts
Posted on 3/18/24 at 2:15 pm to
I'm not sure why a politician can't sue for liable in situations like this.
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
20058 posts
Posted on 3/18/24 at 5:17 pm to
Proven fraud is not free speech.
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