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62. It was a silly thread.

Fri Jul 18, 2014, 04:56 PM

Jul 2014

It didn't have to be - it could have opened a useful discussion of bias in media and how to deal with it - but it became silly as soon as the OP proclaimed that any discussion of bias in any other news sources was off-topic.

At that point, the OP became an agenda-driven attempt to encourage avoidance of only one biased source of news, while stubbornly resisting any suggestion that the best way to deal with bias coming from all sides is to consider all sources of information.

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The government banned RT? n/t sweetloukillbot Jul 2014 #1

Fox "News" is much worse than RT. PM Martin Jul 2014 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jul 2014 #27

"Fox is quoted around here endlessly" sufrommich Jul 2014 #37

We even have posters who guest there. nt woo me with science Jul 2014 #44

It's my understanding that RT has not been banned by the US government Cali_Democrat Jul 2014 #3

this site is not the US government - THe first only applies to the govt OKNancy Jul 2014 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jul 2014 #21

Many sites are not allowed to be linked here. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #33

Please list the sites which are not allowed to be linked on DU. SecularMotion Jul 2014 #41

Infowars. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #50

One item is not a list. You claimed there were many sites not allowed. SecularMotion Jul 2014 #67

there is no official list for this site but if you post infowars and rw sites you will likely get hrmjustin Jul 2014 #68

It's all a matter of context. SecularMotion Jul 2014 #70

Yes and juries will likely get that but juries will hide some rw site stuff. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #71

stormfront, infowars, and.... OKNancy Jul 2014 #63

There is no such thing as freedom of the press in a privately held forum MohRokTah Jul 2014 #45

We're not against freedom of the press. Archae Jul 2014 #48

K & R Thinkingabout Jul 2014 #98

I can read any site I want, even Rt or Alex Jones or the BLaze OKNancy Jul 2014 #51

Stormfront, Breitbart, etc. BainsBane Jul 2014 #54

As a matter of fact - DU is not the government Trajan Jul 2014 #60

Where did Nancy say she was against freedom of the press?... DonViejo Jul 2014 #61

They are free to print it, blog it whatever and a private website is also maddezmom Jul 2014 #77

Yo maddezmom.. Read post # 84.. Cha Jul 2014 #87

You obviously have no idea what "freedom of the press" means, or how private websites work. arcane1 Jul 2014 #105

Fuck RT! And the Kremlin it rode in on! Tarheel_Dem Jul 2014 #5

Agree and Fuck Ron and Rand Paul, too! maddezmom Jul 2014 #74

Damn skippy! n/t Tarheel_Dem Jul 2014 #76

And forgot to mention...Fuck Paul Craig Roberts, too!!! maddezmom Jul 2014 #78

They all make me.... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2014 #80

Same. And to see them used here maddezmom Jul 2014 #81

Yo Tarheel.. read post #84.. Cha Jul 2014 #86

Which thread is about banning the press? eShirl Jul 2014 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jul 2014 #14

Fail. n/t eShirl Jul 2014 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jul 2014 #24

So did you, in your OP. MohRokTah Jul 2014 #36

Not a single post in there about the government banning RT. MohRokTah Jul 2014 #22

That Post Does Not Call For Banning Russia Times, Sir The Magistrate Jul 2014 #26

It was a silly thread. woo me with science Jul 2014 #62

that has nothing to do wuth banninf fishwax Jul 2014 #43

This is NOT about 'banning the press,' or RT, elleng Jul 2014 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Jul 2014 #52

Warning that a site is not to be trusted is "banning the press"? Inigo Montoya says it best uppityperson Jul 2014 #104

No one asked for RT to be banned in the USA Godhumor Jul 2014 #7

'Every single day we're lying' BeyondGeography Jul 2014 #8

Are they being jailed? sufrommich Jul 2014 #9

I would say that there is much Skidmore Jul 2014 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jul 2014 #16

How about what it's not..it's not the right to taken seriously. sufrommich Jul 2014 #23

"Congress shall make no law respecting ..." muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #83

As much as I'd like to see the feds padlock RT's DC headquarters... conservaphobe Jul 2014 #11

Who's advocating the US govt ban RT? Link please. tammywammy Jul 2014 #12

All the RT supporters, speaking with just1voice... SidDithers Jul 2014 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jul 2014 #19

mullard12ax7... SidDithers Jul 2014 #25

LOL maddezmom Jul 2014 #79

FUCK RT! FUCK RT! FUCK RT! FUCK RT! FUCK RT! FUCK RT! William769 Jul 2014 #15

You really don't understand the First Amendment, do you? MohRokTah Jul 2014 #18

I know what you mean RobertEarl Jul 2014 #66

Sadly, a lot of people are woefully ignorant of what the First Amendment says and means. bluesbassman Jul 2014 #109

The U.S. Government is banning Russia Today? LanternWaste Jul 2014 #20

The courts have ruled on this. MohRokTah Jul 2014 #30

No one is advocating its censorship by the government BainsBane Jul 2014 #28

People who cite RT automatically lose all credibility with me. MohRokTah Jul 2014 #32

Yo MohRokTah.. Read post #84.. Cha Jul 2014 #90

I am confused R3druM Jul 2014 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jul 2014 #39

Lacking a valid premise, confusion as response is all you're likely to receive. LanternWaste Jul 2014 #56

This OP is a joke. Freedom of the Press doesnt entitle any media to freedom from criticism stevenleser Jul 2014 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jul 2014 #35

No, it's all you. MohRokTah Jul 2014 #42

No, as over a dozen have replied to you, you are misusing all the terms you are using. stevenleser Jul 2014 #49

Once again... R3druM Jul 2014 #64

I would not line the bottom of my birdcage with RT.. but no one Peacetrain Jul 2014 #34

When did the US Government propose to ban Fox New....er...RT? Hong Kong Cavalier Jul 2014 #38

Gotta love the transparency in Recs MohRokTah Jul 2014 #40

so DU is the federal government or a state government now ? nice to know this steve2470 Jul 2014 #46

"banning" the press zappaman Jul 2014 #53

I love that pic! It speaks volumes. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2014 #75

You seem confused. GoneOffShore Jul 2014 #55

RT is propaganda. I don't take it seriously. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #57

Since when did a government propaganda appendage... gcomeau Jul 2014 #58

This is like tea baggers who complain about their first amendment "rights" on Facebook. Starry Messenger Jul 2014 #59

The 1st Amendment binds the Government, not private entities. Shrike47 Jul 2014 #65

Yeah, I remember my first beer, too, kid. LordGlenconner Jul 2014 #69

lol.nt sufrommich Jul 2014 #72

Fail itsrobert Jul 2014 #73

RT and Faux are propaganda channels. roamer65 Jul 2014 #82

Yo, Corruption.. another RT Anchor Resigns Admits Spreading Lies for Putin.. Cha Jul 2014 #84

But people here still are fans no matter what RT does maddezmom Jul 2014 #88

Yeah, but it says even more about them in the face of all this evidence.. dyed in the Cha Jul 2014 #91

Yeppers maddezmom Jul 2014 #93

maybe they have a new job? OKNancy Jul 2014 #96

"We are asked on a daily basis if not to totally ignore then to obscure the truth". Tarheel_Dem Jul 2014 #99

It's unreal, Tarheel.. who the hell knew back in the error of bush on DU that Cha Jul 2014 #107

Why is it always people who don't understand the first amendment pulling it out Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #85

"congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of the press" NightWatcher Jul 2014 #89

Did the federal government shut down RT USA? NuclearDem Jul 2014 #92

It's so cute how you've confused criticism with censorship. Coventina Jul 2014 #94

The First Amendment applies specifically to the government. Spider Jerusalem Jul 2014 #95

"I'm sick of people who don't know what the First Amendment actually says" sufrommich Jul 2014 #101

I believe it's time to repost this, since it may as well be the OP arcane1 Jul 2014 #106

Freedom to mock obvious mouthpieces of dictators... All_Corners Jul 2014 #97

LOL.... Spazito Jul 2014 #100

I certainly hope you're not a Civics educator, or student, for that matter. That would be a shame. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2014 #102

A classic misinterpretation of the First Amendment. DU is not the government. arcane1 Jul 2014 #103

A brief tutorial on what "freedom of the Press' does, and DOESN'T, mean under the First Amendment... markpkessinger Jul 2014 #108

It's not surprising that many of the people who dislike free speech and freedom of the press PoliticalPothead Jul 2014 #110

I think actually, this is a contract law matter.... steve2470 Jul 2014 #111