"Eff" Time Magazine

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5. the framers had a patriotic duty in mind for the press -- alerting the nation to tyranny.

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today's media claims to be more interested in things like "balance" (ever notice this is invariably used as an excuse to give the right wing more of a voice, not the left wing?) and not taking sides.

but the constitution enshrines freedom of the press in the first amendment. why, so that the media business can make profits without government interference? no, the constitution is about the framework of a government, it's all about how the government should operate and how it is set up with divided duties and checks and balances and safeguards to prevent tyranny.

they remembered european monarchies, and specifically didn't want that for america, so the constitution has many features designed to prevent a tyrant from taking or exercising power.

*that* is why we have freedom of the press. so that they can be free to call our tyranny without fear of repercussions. congress is prohibited from arresting them for that or preventing published speech they disagree with.


i can't recall the last time i heard the media say anything like this may not be profitable for us as a business, but it's our patriotic duty to report.... maybe walter cronkite once said something like that. today's media instead sees it as their duty to amplify donnie's speech and give more airtime for his lies and hatred, enabling tyranny rather than opposing it.


donnie was an obvious tyrant and disaster in 2016, but the evidence by know is staggering. yet the media ho hums even a criminal trial, while more are pending, never mind that he's already been legally determined to be a rapist and defamer and fraudster.


when they announce a tornado, they tell people to seek shelter and stay safe. donnie is set to be far more destructive. where's the advice on how to stay safe? meh, let's just run a feature about how fascinating this guy is.