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Walleye

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3. Exactly.The letter to the editor example is the one I've been thinking of.

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 5, 2021, 10:19 AM

Feb 2021

Governments censor, newspapers edit. Big difference. I don’t know who said that freedom of the press belongs to the people who own the press. Not sure that’s exactly correct but you get the jist. I laugh every time I hear these people call into Washington journal on C-SPAN. And complain loudly,to a national audience, and free of charge, that they are being silenced.

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Analysis - Republicans claim they are being silenced as they speak to millions of viewers [View all] DonViejo Feb 2021 OP

They've been doing this for years... Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #1

You have a RIGHT ... to FREE SPEECH, to PEACEABLY assemble, and to petition the government mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #2

Exactly.The letter to the editor example is the one I've been thinking of. Walleye Feb 2021 #3

Right. And nobody is stopping any of them from firing up the old LaserJet ... mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #4

"Why's everbody always pickin on me?" Chainfire Feb 2021 #5