Journalists need to step up on phony claims of censorship
Jonas Kaiser in NiemanLab, December 15, 2022, makes the point that conservatives have weaponized free speech in attacking speech they don’t like. They falsely portray themselves as the defenders of free speech and the opposition to censorship. “Journalists must understand that ‘freedom of speech’ has been a topic on the right for years, writes Kaiser, “and that claims of censorship have been voiced consistently on- and offline. Journalists need to reject this ‘free speech’ framing