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In reply to the discussion: New Lincoln Project: Learn. Their. Names. [View all]summer_in_TX
(2,738 posts)If any of you know them, please encourage them to help dismantle the propaganda machine that has made our country almost ungovernable because of the irrational tribalism they built up.
I'd urge the Biden Administration to appoint a blue-ribbon commission much like the Hutchins Commission (officially named the Commission on Freedom of the Press) after World War II to tackle disinformation and set up protocols that led to the FCC's "blue book" and Fairness Doctrine regulations.
Their charge would be to:
1. Lay out a history of what and how.
2. Make the harm visible and crystal clear.
3. Propose legislative and possibly constitutional remedies.
Our media landscape is far more complex now than back then so it will be far more difficult. And the 1st Amendment issues are very thorny. A Truth and Reconciliation process might help uncover their methodology and go a long way to deprogramming the cultists.
I definitely want some of the Lincoln Project people (or backers) to be part of helping us to unwind the damage done.