Conservatives (and I use the term loosely), What do You Think of the 2 Florida Bills Attacking NYT v Sullivan?

[A Linoge]

Those bills pass and you can wave bye-bye to Hate Radio in Florida.-

We dont have hate radio in florida

 

[Loulit01]

We dont have hate radio in florida

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[Ishm]

I'm mostly OK with the media being held more accountable, but it needs to be across the whole spectrum rather than just politics. Far more important though would be a similar act to hold politicians just as accountable so that when they go off spewing their lies, people can seek redress in a reasonable way. The issue with all of this however is how to protect 'genuine' free speech (even if innocently inaccurate) that is not part of some political agenda.

Across the board, RdS is working hard to control the media in Florida. Add that to trying to control education, trying to limit 1st amendment rights of those that publicly disagree with him, trying to suppress minorities with a hate war etc - I don't know how Floridians can't recognize the signs of a dictatorship being established. If he doesn't run for president, RdS's next move will likely be to copy Xi, Putin etc and find a way to stay in power beyond the legal term limits

 

[Logician Man]

I have seen where liberal in california think free speech should be limited especially in the area of politics

Link?

 

[Jason Warfield]

The First Amendment was not intended for the press to publish defamatory material and hide behind their own refusal to vet the information. It’s not investigative journalism if you just print whatever some anonymous rando tells you and make no effort to determine the veracity first.

Just to point out that has been American journalism since the start of the nation.

This is nothing new. In fact, if you think today's politics are partisan...you see some of the stuff that happened in the next three administrations following Washington....

 

[BabyAugustine]

DeSantis wants to roll back press freedoms — with an eye toward overturning Supreme Court ruling​

DeSantis wants to roll back press freedoms — with an eye toward overturning Supreme Court ruling

Florida Republicans are seeking to weaken laws protecting journalists.

www.politico.com

Florida Is Trying to Take Away the American Right to Speak Freely​

Opinion | Florida Is Trying to Take Away the American Right to Speak Freely (Published 2023)

There’s still time for state lawmakers to reject the crude pandering of a bill that seeks to overturn a bulwark of First Amendment law.

www.nytimes.com

Florida Takes Aim at the First Amendment​

Florida Takes Aim at the First Amendment

Two bills in the Republican-controlled state legislature propose radical alteration to libel laws.

www.newyorker.com

I think 3 things

1)_ You don't live in Florida so you are just a trouble-maker
2) What is legally decided in our federalist country must stand

Laboratories of democracy is a phrase popularized by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann to describe how "a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country."

3) You have NO way of knowing either that D. wants to roll back freedoms OR that he has an intention of a SCOTUS ruling

DO SOMETHING to help the world, quit just bitching.