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'Turned out the lights': Fury hits Washington Post as it refuses to run $115K anti-Musk ad

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'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.

 
ColdHardTruth said:

'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.

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What law is Bezos breaking?
 
ColdHardTruth said:
He censored free speech to help Musk.

This is a 1st Amendment violation.

It PERMANENTLY discredits any media outlet he has a stake in.
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C’mon man!

Read the 1st Amendment, you’re heading for a coronary!

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The First Amendment of the United States Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the
 

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ColdHardTruth said:

'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.

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The ads -
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Rexedgar said:
C’mon man!

Read the 1st Amendment, you’re heading for a coronary!

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The First Amendment of the United States Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the
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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.
 
ColdHardTruth said:
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.
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The WAPO isn’t mentioned in the Constitution, it’s a private enterprise. I’m ashamed to have to point this out to you.

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Loulit01 said:
What law is Bezos breaking?
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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.
 
Rexedgar said:
The WAPO isn’t mentioned in the Constitution, it’s a private enterprise. I’m ashamed to have to point this out to you.

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well it's "the press "and the press has freedom from government interference -which i dont see here unlike Biden's FBI
on social media which conspired with social media to abridge free speech -except i think SCOTUS said it was allowed

IOWs its a complete mess
 
The simple fact that Musk has the power he does without being elected or confirmed by any elected body should send shivers down the spine of any American but Trump fans don't care even slightly.
 
Rexedgar said:
“Nobody elected Musk!”


Yeah they did: 5SEP2024

www.bbc.com

Trump says Musk could head 'government efficiency' force

In a speech at an economic club Thursday, the former president endorsed the Tesla boss's idea for a task force on government spending
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So then Musk should have gone through the same vetting process as any other top government official.
He hasn't, he's just been handed power without oversight or any boundaries on his actions.
 
Peter said:
So then Musk should have gone through the same vetting process as any other top government official.
He hasn't, he's just been handed power without oversight or any boundaries on his actions.
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Musk is a “special government employee.”


In 1962, Congress created the role of "special government employee," which allows the executive branch, the legislative branch and independent federal agencies to bring on employees for specific roles on a temporary basis.

Typically, SGEs are hired as experts or consultants or serve as members of federal advisory committees, of which there are roughly 1,000 across the U.S. government.

SGEs are limited to working for the government for no more than 130 days out of a 365-day period, though they can work multiple years, and they can either be paid or unpaid. NPR has reported that Musk is not being paid for his work with DOGE.

 
Rexedgar said:
The WAPO isn’t mentioned in the Constitution, it’s a private enterprise. I’m ashamed to have to point this out to you.

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Exactly. Freedom of the press includes the freedom to decide which advertisements they will accept, as well as which articles they ill print.
 
Sweden said:
Exactly. Freedom of the press includes the freedom to decide which advertisements they will accept, as well as which articles they ill print.
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I would think that US citizens would be up on the basics of the US Constitution after ten years of this……..🤷
 
Rexedgar said:
Musk is a “special government employee.”


In 1962, Congress created the role of "special government employee," which allows the executive branch, the legislative branch and independent federal agencies to bring on employees for specific roles on a temporary basis.

Typically, SGEs are hired as experts or consultants or serve as members of federal advisory committees, of which there are roughly 1,000 across the U.S. government.

SGEs are limited to working for the government for no more than 130 days out of a 365-day period, though they can work multiple years, and they can either be paid or unpaid. NPR has reported that Musk is not being paid for his work with DOGE.

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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.
 
Sweden said:
Exactly. Freedom of the press includes the freedom to decide which advertisements they will accept, as well as which articles they ill print.
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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.
 
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