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[–] AchillesUltimate@lemy.lol 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Are you opposed to freedom of the press? Because what that gets you is press that exclusively peddles whatever the government (which is evil and seeks total domination and control) wants. Perfect for totalitarians in exactly the same way Lenin is saying a free press is perfect for the bourgeoisie, except to a far greater extent.

You might also argue for no news at all, but that also seems like an opportunity for the government to craft any narrative they want.

The best solution is to keep the government out of it and allow people to choose whichever news source they want. Allowing people to provide financial support to sources they like could even help that source grow and reach new people. The result is a flexible, continuous, and democratic system of determining which news source best satisfies the interests of the people. This is just applying capitalism to the news.

Granted this isn't a system without its issues, but those issues can be handled by people realizing one source is corrupt and switching to another. The issues in other systems (which are really the same issues, corruption and biases) are entirely uncontrollable and without solution.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best solution is to keep the government out of it and allow people to choose whichever news source they want.

I think the best solution is to clarify or modify the first amendment so that it applies only to individual persons, not any artificial entity.

[–] AchillesUltimate@lemy.lol 1 points 1 year ago

Which part of the first amendment shouldn't refer to companies (or other artificial entities)?

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