“A managed democracy is a wonderful thing... for the managers... and its greatest strength is a 'free press' when 'free' is defined as 'responsible' and the managers define what is 'irresponsible'.”
― Robert A. Heinlein,The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
See here from 20130:
If these bills—support for which the White House reaffirmed in its DOJ report—pass without change, Congress effectively will create two tiers of journalists: the institutional press licensed by the government, and everyone else. That’s a pretty flimsy shield if what we are really trying to protect is the free flow of information.One way to silence your critics is to define away their right to criticize. "Managing" the news, as it were.
Yep we are heading faster and farther down that wonderful rabbit hole of tyranny and Socialism...funny ours appears to be going more Communistic in general than most European nations
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