@silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoWhy Trump’s Arlington Debacle Is So Serious | The former president violated one of America’s most sacred places.www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1675
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minus-square@A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoand you can blame the elimination of the fairness doctrine for the bulk of that. Because, like everything, it sucks because the Republicans fucked it up so they could manipulate it to their advantage.
minus-square@Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 months agoSadly, the fairness doctrine doesn’t seem like it was particularly constitutional. I suppose you could argue that a corporation has no right to free speech. Getting into that debate would be complicated. But that seems like the only way to fix this.
and you can blame the elimination of the fairness doctrine for the bulk of that.
Because, like everything, it sucks because the Republicans fucked it up so they could manipulate it to their advantage.
Sadly, the fairness doctrine doesn’t seem like it was particularly constitutional. I suppose you could argue that a corporation has no right to free speech. Getting into that debate would be complicated. But that seems like the only way to fix this.