Taichiliberal
Shaken, not stirred!
What do you think?
Like I always say....you are entitled to freedom of speech, but you are not immune from the consequences of said speech.
Should OAN be Removed from the Airwaves in Order to Protect Our Democracy?
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Like I always say....you are entitled to freedom of speech, but you are not immune from the consequences of said speech.
Son of the Revolution
Banned
What do you think?
NO YOU COMMIE FUCKER... PROVE OAN LIES
Why are you posting your picture?
Suxk my dogs asshole.
reagansghost
eternal
yes, for the same reason it's illegal to yell fire in a theater or any public space
reagansghost
eternal
allowing exceptions to 1st Amendment rights also destroys democracy, as Fox/OAN/Newsmax illustrate daily
United States free speech exceptions
1 Incitement
1.1 Incitement to suicide
2 False statements of fact
3 Counterfeit currency
4 Obscenity/indecency
5 Child pornography
6 Fighting words
7 Threatening the President of the United States
8 Speech owned by others
9 Commercial speech
10 Restrictions based on special capacity of government
10.1 As employer
10.2 As regulator of the airwaves
10.3 As educator
10.4 As subsidizer or speaker
10.5 As regulator of the bar
10.6 As controller of the military
10.7 As prison warden
Consequences cannot involve being taken off the air by any governmental authority. If people stop watching it will go way like the liberal Air America that lasted only about six years.
reagansghost
eternal
they should be taken off the air for violating the exceptions to 1st Amendment rights
1 Incitement
1.1 Incitement to suicide
2 False statements of fact
3 Counterfeit currency
4 Obscenity/indecency
5 Child pornography
6 Fighting words
7 Threatening the President of the United States
8 Speech owned by others
9 Commercial speech
Son of the Revolution
Banned
they never said it was stolen you fucking lying scumbag
Why not?
If the network is posing a threat to the country, it should be taken down and its purveyors should be prosecuted.
Unlike Air America, which was a radio network of affiliates, Fox News occupies a space on the broadcast spectrum...a spectrum entirely 100% owned by the government. And because of the way cable companies sell their packages, you cannot select or de-select the network a la carte. So it's always going to be included in the lowest cable tiers because unlike other networks, the carriage and sub fees for Fox News are much lower than they are for everyone else. That's why Fox News is usually included in the lowest tier of cable...it costs next to nothing to carry it.
Son of the Revolution
Banned
LMFAO non answer
You can't use partisan claims like "threat to the country" to violate constitutional freedom of the press. That sounds just like Donald Trump. It is a fascist attempt to stop political opposition.
Cable programming has more freedom than those stations broadcast through the air.
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Many of those exceptions do not apply to television and especially do not apply to cable TV. False statement of fact are not exceptions to free speech. Incitement has a high standard and does not apply to media, nor does fighting words which is a rare occurrence.
Obscenity and indecency are rarely enforced and do not apply to cable channels since viewers choose to bring that content in the home while broadcast channels come into all homes.
None of those items is justification for taking any cable TV station off the air.