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“Next President?”
Not in the plan……..
The Heritage Foundation has been playing the long game since the 1980s.
“Next President?”Oh, so the next President can just have a "special" employee who has absolute power and can just do anything?
That should be fun.
Why bother getting anyone confirmed when you can just have a bunch of "special" people who you guys can't do anything about or question.
Declining to accept an ad is not "censorship".
That isn’t the question I addressed. Bezos is under no obligation to accept any ad copy.There is more to it than that. The question is why Bezos refused to run it. Why is ne so afraid of the free speech of others.
Bezos will or will not explain as he think will suit him best. Freedom of speech includes the right not to speak.There is more to it than that. The question is why Bezos refused to run it. Why is ne so afraid of the free speech of others.
All media outlets that Bezos has a stake in are now discredited.Declining to accept an ad is not "censorship".
Bezos will or will not explain as he think will suit him best. Freedom of speech includes the right not to speak.
If WAPO ws the only medium in the US you would have a point. Bu its not so your don't.Of course it is. It is the refusal to allow a certain point of view to be heard. The question is why?
Bezos protected Musk. That is unacceptable. It's nothing more than common censorship.That isn’t the question I addressed. Bezos is under no obligation to accept any ad copy.
Use the fire extinguisher, fella!Bezos protected Musk. That is unacceptable. It's nothing more than common censorship.
All advertising in that publication needs to be cancelled. It needs to go broke.
Defending it is a bad look.Use the fire extinguisher, fella!
Exactly. Freedom of the press includes the freedom to decide which advertisements they will accept, as well as which articles they ill print.
Name one person other than the President and Vice President that were elected to serve in the executive branch ever!No, YOU read the First Amendment.
Musk is an unelected government employee. Stories are being squelched to protect him. This is not acceptable.
Bezos needs to go broke.
All Bezos owned media are not discredited and are worth less than The National Enquirer.
Ignorance of the US Constitution is a bad look, I didn’t reply until your post #5. You referenced the 1st Amendment. Maybe you come away from this with a better understanding of the laws?????Defending it is a bad look.
If WAPO ws the only medium in the US you would have a point. Bu its not so your don't.
No. It isn't. The 1st Amendment prohibits government censorship. All companies censor their content. Bezos censored free speech to help Musk. Lachlan Murdoch censors news to help MAGA. Left wing sources do the same. They're within their rights.He censored free speech to help Musk.
This is a 1st Amendment violation.
It PERMANENTLY discredits any media outlet he has a stake in.
The Washington Post is in business to make money. Of course they can choose what to print, including ads. Where are the free market capitalists?The WAPO is a hugely influential newspaper because of its location and resources, and it becomes a very important and central question to determine why free speech is being chilled in this nation.
Here's the ad'Turned out the lights': Fury hits Washington Post as it refuses to run $115K anti-Musk ad
It appears the reich-wing media (which has long been discredited) is now attempting to censor stories they do not like.
This is hypocrisy.
Bezos needs to go broke paying out the lawsuits that will come from this event.
I confess I'm a little surprised they didn't go with Nazi salute Musk.
No. It isn't. The 1st Amendment prohibits government censorship. All companies censor their content. Bezos censored free speech to help Musk. Lachlan Murdoch censors news to help MAGA. Left wing sources do the same. They're within their rights.
Thank you.Here's the ad
Fire Elon Musk
Our democracy cannot be held hostage by billionaires. Let’s restore power to the people and demand accountability from our leaders.www.commoncause.org
Let's see if I can get this straight , Mr.Cool.'Turned out the lights': Fury hits Washington Post as it refuses to run $115K anti-Musk ad
It appears the reich-wing media (which has long been discredited) is now attempting to censor stories they do not like.
This is hypocrisy.
Bezos needs to go broke paying out the lawsuits that will come from this event.
You are forcing people who otherwise largely agree with your broad political view to come into this thread and contradict you because what you said about the first amendment is just factually wrong.Defending it is a bad look.
Yes, it seems I was mistaken.You are forcing people who otherwise largely agree with your broad political view to come into this thread and contradict you because what you said about the first amendment is just factually wrong.
To the extent that anything said on this message board affects anything, (which is luckily infinitesimal), you are helping Musk by having people who otherwise disagree with him come in here and contradict you rather than writing elsewhere attacking him so people aren’t misled into believing that your view is a majority among left-wingers.
The Washington Post is in business to make money. Of course they can choose what to print, including ads. Where are the free market capitalists?
Yes, this is just another data point affirming American democracy is yielding to a dictatorship. I appreciate (and share) the outrage of the OP, but I knew American democracy would not survive Trump. I am amazed at how quickly it is slipping away from us and how little resistance to this there actually is.When free speech can be hampered by fear, then it really isn’t free anymore and the nation becomes more like a dictatorial state like Russia whereby people are afraid to say what they really believe because of fear of retribution by the state, in this case as represented by Trump. It is very chilling and very dangerous to democracy when this happens.
Agreed. The issue beginning discussed here is wrong. Its not censorship, but an abdication of duty by what formerly was thought of as a free press. The result, unfortunately, is the same.Declining to accept an ad is not "censorship".
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