Biden should sign an executive order

[joet67]

requirig Faux Snooz to carry the hearings live. Because of the mere importance to national security. Bonus: Stick it to these juvenile brains

[Zeitghost]

1. What law would he be enforcing with this order?

n/t

[joet67]

5. whatever they do when they compel companies to produce goods

during wartime. Aren't we at war?

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Has He Declared A State Of Emergency?

No.
So, said law does not apply.
And, no we are not at war, except metaphorically.

[joet67]

25. maybe he should

[TheProle]

10. We are not, no.

[Ocelot II]

15. That would be the Defense Production Act.

Here it is: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/4533 Have a look, then let us know where it authorizes the president to command a private media company to broadcast a particular program, especially in light of the First Amendment's protection of press freedom (which includes the freedom to ignore as well as broadcast).

[Zeitghost]

16. Media and compelled coverage is not covered to the best of my knowledge

n/t

[NutmegYankee]

2. You do realize that executive orders only apply to the executive branch right?

[dumbcat]

28. Unfortunately, some people don't realize that ....

as is evidenced here almost every day.

[Jedi Guy]

3. The President has no power to force a cable news channel to cover something.

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of the press, which means the government can't compel the press to cover or report on a certain event. They can report or ignore a story as they see fit, and that's precisely how it should be.

Apart from that, stop and think this through: would you like a future Republican President to have precedent to use an executive order to compel MSNBC or any other network to cover something?

[spooky3]

4. He can't do this, but he could ban them from future WH pressers

Because they are “entertainment” and not news.

[joet67]

26. And he should revoke their press credentials. They are not press they are propaganda.

[Ocelot II]

7. Which provision of the Constitution gives a president the power

to order a private media company to broadcast a particular program? And do you actually know what executive orders are for? Hint: They are used to manage the resources of the executive branch or set policies for executive branch agencies to follow. They can't be used to command something just because the president wants it; that's despotism.

[MineralMan]

8. I think you overestimate his powers.

He can't do that.

[FSogol]

9. Multiple facepalms!

[LiberatedUSA]

11. JFC n/t

[relayerbob]

12. So you'd be OK when the next GOP Pres names Fox as the only news source

This would be in line with Putin firing/arresting anyone saying the word "war". Ye just can't do that in the USA.

It's amazing to me how many people who oppose a Trump/right wing dictatorship seem perfectly fine to let Biden assume dictatorial powers re: press freedom, freedom of speech, gun laws, due process, etc.

Yeah, we have to fight them, but that doesn't mean we become them.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

13. Even if that were legal or advisable, Fox viewers would just turn off their sets and read.

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[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. lol what on earth

[mcar]

17. Sure

[onenote]

18. I've seen some dumb things on DU, but none dumber than this.

[Ocelot II]

29. Sometimes authoritarian remedies are seen as OK as long as they benefit "our" side.

But they are never OK because they can be turned right around on us if/when the balance of power changes.

And sometimes there's just plain ignorance of how our system works. We can't improve the system unless we understand it, thoroughly and completely.

[Effete Snob]

19. Yeah, let's just toss the First Amendment out

Is there some kind of competition involving DU posts which is being held somewhere?

[keithbvadu2]

20. So that 43% of republicans would approve a democrat shutting down Fox news?

“Freedom of the press may be guaranteed in the Constitution. But a plurality of Republicans want to give President Trump the authority to close down certain news outlets, according to a new public opinion survey conducted by Ipsos and provided exclusively to The Daily Beast.”

So that 43% of republicans would approve a democrat shutting down Fox news?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-poll-43-of-republicans-want-to-give-trump-the-power-to-shut-down-media?via=twitter_page

[Demsrule86]

21. Please stop.

[pwb]

22. I won't be watching but I guess viewers

will decide on that issue. D U is the best place to be without watching. Otherwise C-Span.

[snowybirdie]

23. That sounds like

A really fascist idea. Americans don't demand media do things for one party or another.

[Captain Stern]

24. No, he shouldn't do that at all. n/t

[Takket]

27. nah, fuck 'em

don't let anyone think they are objective, even if they are forced to be so

[AnyFunctioningAdult]

30. Great idea (sarcasm)

Now wait until one of the other Trumps get elected and uses this new power to order every channel to broadcast their speeches 24/7. Do people really not think this stuff through? We do not want to be North Korea.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

31. This is a joke, right?

This has to be a joke. LOL, good one.

[brooklynite]

32. And the next Republican President can do the same thing?

Angry rants shouldn't be posted until the anger passes.

[Polybius]

33. Hell no

This isn't Venezuela.