News & Opinion

Margaret Sullivan in The Guardian, February 24, 2023, says that Fox News, “the propaganda arm of the U.S. right wing” will be forced to become more responsible if they lose the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit to Dominion Voting Systems. Angelo Carusone, of Media Matters wants mainstream journalists to stop treating Fox reporters as legitimate reporters dedicated to reporting the truth. In the months ahead Fox is faced with the problem of how far they should

Progressives say Section 230 allows for excessive hate speech and false information while the right wants more leeway for conservative voices. In hearing cases on the freedom of the internet, the Supreme Court seemed reluctant to make a definitive decision, rather preferring to punt to Congress. The core of the dispute concerns whether social media companies’ algorithms recommending content to users make the companies publishers rather than just neutral forums. (The Wrap, February 24, 2023,