The bill would ensure the public and press access to law enforcement radio transmissions.
Mike Masnick in techdirt, July 29, 2022, says the arrest of NSA intelligence contractor Reality Winner for espionage was a travesty. She should have been viewed as a whistleblower for leaking information that enabled the Federal Election Assistance Commission to help secure the 2018 midterm election. Her defense was weakened by not being allowed to discuss the context for her leaking the documents. Editor’s note: Winner was sentenced to 63 months and served four years
“Critique of government is democracy, not defamation,” FAC Legal Director David Loy told city officials.
Law Professor David S. Ardia, SSRN, July 4, 2022, argues that the view that the market of ideas is self-regulating, that more speech will lead to truth has not been borne out in the new world of the internet and social media. Instead the public relies on information that confirms existing biases and circulates it with little regard for its veracity. Many use the internet to undermine democratic processes. Ardia proposes two new rights under
In fact-checking videos and articles on MSNBC and Fox News, Newsguard found that both failed to “gather and present information responsibly.” But MSNBC rated five points lower than Fox, cited for not publishing corrections and failing to disclose its liberal stance. MSNBC also did not identify website or network leaders. (PressGazette, July 22, 2022, by Bron Maher) For Poynter, February 1, 2021, Tom Jones warns against thinking that MSNBC is a mouthpiece for liberal politicians