Patterico's Pontifications

8/5/2004

Liberals vs. The First Amendment

Filed under: Civil Liberties — Patterico @ 11:26 pm

This is one of the most outrageous things I have heard about in quite some time.

6 Comments

  1. The left’s attack on FoX News is the ultimate credit to Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes and Brit Hume. They have succeeded in riling the hegemon so much, it warms the heart. Leftists cannot tolerate dissent, just as the old Soviet Gulag couldn’t, because they depend on maintaining their power through hiding the truth. Their views cannot witstand any rational criticism, so they try to censor. I love Fox News.

    Comment by alert reader hank k — 8/6/2004 @ 1:47 am

  2. It’s painting with a broad brush, to be sure — but the linked post indicates that there is much truth to what you say.

    Comment by Patterico — 8/6/2004 @ 6:22 am

  3. Hang on, that’s a pretty significant leap: people object to Fox News calling themselves “fair and balanced,” and it’s an “attack on the First Amendment.”

    Give me a friggin’ break. The First Amendment provides no inalienable right to misrepresent oneself. Whether you believe Fox News is misrepresenting itself to advertise as “fair and balanced” is up to you, but just because some of us think it’s an inaccurate description isn’t an attack on the First Amendment. There’s no need to be overreactive about it.

    Comment by Tom — 8/6/2004 @ 3:38 pm

  4. Tom,

    Didja read the post????!

    A spokesman for Rep. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said there were legislative avenues that the group could pursue as a secondary measure but declined to speculate on what those might be.

    Vague threats of legislative measures if Fox News doesn’t toe the line. No First Amendment threat there.

    Comment by Patterico — 8/6/2004 @ 4:55 pm

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