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• breecher@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  There are many ways to suppress speech.

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  • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    “Free speech” doesn’t entitle you to dictate policy over privately held companies. We spent four years trying to convince Trumpers of this. Be smarter.

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    • fishy@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      What do you mean, did the Biden admin target any particular shows or networks? Are you also aware the current admin is holding off Paramount’s merger to exert influence over their programming? IDK how free that feels. May not be directly breaking laws, but it’s absolutely a subversion of free speech.

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      • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        No, it’s not. Free speech protects what you say from the government, not your employer. Your employer ALSO has free speech, meaning they can decide what can and can’t be said on their property.

        This is like saying Sesame Street doesn’t show hardcore porn and that’s a violation of free speech.

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  • bigmamoth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Like axing a show that didn’t make money ?

    That a poor comparison since on x the moderations is about random citizen and not paid employee doing a work for a company that a the end of the day is free to choose how to spent her money

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    • MellowYellow13@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It did make loads of money though? Why do you get to just push blatant lies?

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      • bigmamoth@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        how much ? cause the cost is high too. anyway

        However, the “pros” ultimately won out because, according to sources close to the network, “The Late Show” was losing money and there was no apparent path to turning around its financial position. source

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      • smeenz@lemmy.nz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        For the same freedom of speech reasons that we’re applying to Colbert. That jerkwad is just as entitled to lie as they are to tell the truth, and it’s up to everyone else to call them out on it.

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    • db2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Like axing a show that didn’t make money ?

      Even if that were true, which it isn’t, what business does the president have even mentioning it much less making a demand?

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      • bigmamoth@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        However, the “pros” ultimately won out because, according to sources close to the network, “The Late Show” was losing money and there was no apparent path to turning around its financial position. source

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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Colbert didn’t go to prison

  Trump unloads in late-night rants threatening to prosecute news networks, Beyonce, Oprah and Kamala Harris

  I’m sure Colbert’s on the list somewhere.

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  • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Oh so the thing that HASN’T HAPPENED is your counterargument?

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You are on my list. So what? Neither of you are in prison.

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• MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Why is this downvoted? It correctly point out what “free speech” actually means.

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s a visceral reaction, my guess. It’s exactly the same argument that right wingers used when oreilly, carlson, etc got canceled.

    Not paying someone millions for saying stuff on TV is not infringing on free speech, now apparently it’s leftists turn to not understand it.

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