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Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by Mezzie on Friday December 10, 2021 @11:03AM (#29511444)
Nah, they should keep the 1st Amendment for the journalists. The medias' marketing departments and execs, however, should be regulated to within an inch of their lives. If they let their journos spout shit, they should be legally on the hook if they EVER claim truth. If they lie, don't allow them to take advertiser or subscriber money.

You can say whatever you want, but you can't charge people for it and you can't lie and pretend you're selling one thing (truth) when you're selling another (self-righteous feelings).

Won't ever happen because the government and media are in bed with one another, but that's what I'd like to see.

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Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by joshuamorton on Friday December 10, 2021 @12:03PM (#29512239)
Who decides who is lying?

If the media and government are in bed today, won't that get worse when the government can arbitrate what truth is harming the not mainstream media?

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Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by Mezzie on Friday December 10, 2021 @12:22PM (#29512587)
At this point I think the best chance of implementation would be something like the Board of Labor, OSHA, or some open source bug reporting where specific lies can be be reported and fined/punished for. Maybe random audits like the IRS. I'd like the determination to lie with the public, but the issue is coupling determination from enforcement given how intertwined information control is with power.

Right now? It wouldn't work. It's an angry pipe dream.

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Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by dotnet00 on Friday December 10, 2021 @01:49PM (#29513839)
A ministry that decides on truths? I wonder what that could be called!
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Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by Mezzie on Friday December 10, 2021 @04:03PM (#29515430)
The Ministry of Lies, obviously.

Point taken.

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Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by dotnet00 on Friday December 10, 2021 @08:01PM (#29517374)
Tbh I wasn't really making a point, I just thought it was a funny association
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Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by Mezzie on Saturday December 11, 2021 @11:30AM (#29522060)
It's a point and a good one: It got me to think of the purpose of said angry pipe dream and if it was a productive use of my time!

Also I always love a good Orwell reference.

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