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bdamomma

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8. Score at the moment

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 09:37 AM

Jan 2020

Russia 10000

The US zero

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Russian 'Propaganda Machine' Selects Kansas City As Its Second Radio Broadcast Site. [View all] Cattledog Jan 2020 OP

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2020 #1

Republicans got their base to hate on Mexicans instead. It's easier to identify them NCLefty Jan 2020 #2

First Amendment protects speech you don't like because somebody else doesn't like your speech. . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2020 #3

That only applies to the government SnowCritter Jan 2020 #5

Exactly. The Government is forbidden to interfere except in narrowly defined instances. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2020 #12

Why do entities that have to register as Foreign Agents under FARA get 1A rights to begin with?! ancianita Jan 2020 #14

It's the station owners who have the right to broadcast US and Foreign made content. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2020 #16

Like clearing out the Yovanovitches (BBCs) so the Russiaphiles can run the state show? ancianita Jan 2020 #19

A1 A+, thanks... reACTIONary Jan 2020 #30

Geez. Who needs a ridiculous Red Dawn invasion when Ilsa Jan 2020 #4

Russia / Republican The Wizard Jan 2020 #6

Yes!!!! WyattKansas Jan 2020 #28

The watchdogs at the FCC have been put to sleep dlk Jan 2020 #7

they aren't watchdogs anymore mdbl Jan 2020 #10

Yes dlk Jan 2020 #11

what is the FCC supposed to do, reACTIONary Jan 2020 #31

The First Amendment does not protect all speech in all circumstances dlk Jan 2020 #37

Absolutly True! And has no application to this particular circumstance. nt reACTIONary Jan 2020 #38

Score at the moment bdamomma Jan 2020 #8

Trump is allowing Russian propaganda in our country. rockfordfile Jan 2020 #9

Government can't interfere, due to First Amendment. The Democrat 2020 will be in same situation. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2020 #13

Oh, yes he can. Yes WE can. These are foreign agents. No citizens' rights for foreign agents. ancianita Jan 2020 #15

No we can't. The US citizens owning and running the station have rights. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2020 #22

Well, we do have a right to boycott the fuck out of their advertisers maxrandb Jan 2020 #23

Good luck boycotting Rosneft and Gazprom. lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #26

Yes, you do. And to speak out in opposition. reACTIONary Jan 2020 #32

Then let's just throw up our hands and let all foreign systems in. Absolute immunity. ancianita Jan 2020 #25

Not "just business"... reACTIONary Jan 2020 #39

Then what is it, in real terms. Terms that imply a reality somehow adjacent to rule of law. ancianita Jan 2020 #40

Freedom of Conscience, Free Speach, Gauranteed by the First Amended to Constitution... reACTIONary Jan 2020 #42

Over publicly-owned airwaves, regulations as well as rights. LanternWaste Jan 2020 #27

American citizens have the right, not only to... reACTIONary Jan 2020 #33

Remember how radio played such a big factor in the Rwandan Genocide? Coventina Jan 2020 #17

I wonder why they picked this particular place, i.e., Kansas City? Ligyron Jan 2020 #18

This part of KC/Missouri is particularly conservative and cbdo2007 Jan 2020 #20

When I lived in JOCO, Kansas I noticed a very distinct shade left over from the Civil War. WyattKansas Jan 2020 #29

That's interesting. Ligyron Jan 2020 #41

I was in a labor union there that drew country boys to KC, which is how I recognized it. WyattKansas Jan 2020 #43

Kansas City is Koch country. Kochs have old ties with Russia and similar oligarchic sentiments. ancianita Jan 2020 #35

Who gets to decide that foreign agents can do "just business" here. Where are the lawyers. ancianita Jan 2020 #21

K&R for visibility crickets Jan 2020 #24

Go after their licenses. Radio frequency spectrum is a public resource. Operating Russian propaganda Cognitive_Resonance Jan 2020 #34

+1000 ancianita Jan 2020 #36