Dems Fear Censorship [semi-satire]

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Posted on 12/21/2024 9:30:41 AM PST by John Semmens

Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean appeared on MSNBC's "All in" to predict that "Trump will attack free speech. America will be done for as we know it. His vicious assault on ABC's George Stephanopoulos for calling him a rapist showed the kind of complete disregard for freedom of speech one would expect from an enemy of our democracy."

Host Ari Melber asked "wasn't Stephanopoulos' claim that Trump was a convicted rapist slander? I believe the jury in the case specifically rejected the rape claim. Wasn't misstating this fact a deliberate lie? Should journalists be permitted to broadcast lies without facing consequences?"

"Well, the precedent up til now was always that you can say anything you want about a public figure without having to prove its accuracy," Dean replied. "During the campaign Trump was called a fascist, dictator, another Hitler. Being called a rapist seems a minor offense considering that Hitler was responsible for launching a war that killed 50 million people and trying to exterminate every Jew that fell into Germany's hands."

Meanwhile, over at CNN, Jim Acosta and Brian Stelter were shocked by the damages ABC agreed to pay. "We shouldn't stand for being silenced by threats of being sued for slander," Acosta fumed. "Are we now expected to start fact-checking ourselves before we say anything?"

"It's outrageous," Stelter replied. "We're the guardians of the truth. People look to us to tell them what's true and what's false. ABC caving in and settling the suit with Trump taints us all. I, for one, am not going to let myself be stifled by the risk that CNN might lose millions. A person of my talent can always get another job."

Mike Benz, deputy assistant secretary of State under President Donald Trump, challenged the notion that Trump would assail free speech, saying "it's a documented fact that the Biden Administration used the FBI to intimidate social media into censoring free speech that contradicted the Democrat Party line. Media operations like MSNBC and CNN didn't say peep about that clear violation of the First Amendment. Happily for the country a majority of voters rejected the Democrat Party line, its presidential candidate, and the media that aided and abetted these violations of a foundational principle of our free country."

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1 posted on 12/21/2024 9:30:41 AM PST by John Semmens

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