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In reply to the discussion: Trump Executive Order to 'censor the Internet' denounced as dangerous and unconstitutional [View all]keithbvadu2
(36,761 posts)35. So that same 43% of republicans would approve a democrat shutting down Fox news?
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142128590
Freedom of the press may be guaranteed in the Constitution. But a plurality of Republicans want to give President Trump the authority to close down certain news outlets, according to a new public opinion survey conducted by Ipsos and provided exclusively to The Daily Beast.
So that same 43% of republicans would approve a democrat shutting down Fox news?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-poll-43-of-republicans-want-to-give-trump-the-power-to-shut-down-media?via=twitter_page
Freedom of the press may be guaranteed in the Constitution. But a plurality of Republicans want to give President Trump the authority to close down certain news outlets, according to a new public opinion survey conducted by Ipsos and provided exclusively to The Daily Beast.
So that same 43% of republicans would approve a democrat shutting down Fox news?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-poll-43-of-republicans-want-to-give-trump-the-power-to-shut-down-media?via=twitter_page
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Trump Executive Order to 'censor the Internet' denounced as dangerous and unconstitutional [View all]
left-of-center2012
Aug 2019
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The party that repealed and refused to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine
Proud Liberal Dem
Aug 2019
#1
I AM. I get it. They not only monitor everything, but the next step is censor dissent by arrest.
ancianita
Aug 2019
#25
Yes. I also look to my favorite lawyer, Ari Melber, to explain the legal ramifications of this,
ancianita
Aug 2019
#34
Ironic how the people who are the most pro-free speech are the ones looking to destroy it.
Initech
Aug 2019
#6
Yeah they want their right to be assholes in public without fear of reprecussion.
Initech
Aug 2019
#20
This EO is the distraction for what he has next planned. Like RM says watch what they do not what
in2herbs
Aug 2019
#12
I'd like to say not a chance, but with tRump and any of his like-minded judges, who knows?
yonder
Aug 2019
#27
So that same 43% of republicans would approve a democrat shutting down Fox news?
keithbvadu2
Aug 2019
#35
And some folks here I bet will soon be telling us why they simply cant vote for
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2019
#54