Democracy does not really exist without a free press?

[dblack]

I say that whatever political party controls the press, controls the populace.

Democracy does not really exist.

Oh, this is one of those threads promoting state run media. Awesome.

Statistics show that the press slants Left.

It has for a very long time. I have presented an article on it you are free to refute. In fact, I can provide many, many, more.

What is new is social media, and with the last election the Left has decided to censor all of it.

What does this mean? This means that baseless conspiracy theories about Trump being controlled by Putin were allowed 24/7, but any conspiracy theories about Hunter Biden or a rigged election are censored.

In fact, polls show that had more people known about the Hunter Biden story, many would not have voted for Biden. The numbers are as high as 36% of voters

Media's hiding of Hunter Biden scandal robbed Trump of clear win: Poll

Again, a free press is a myth, as is a free democracy.

"Freedom is a myth" is the excuse of every leader who wants to infringe on freedom.

 

[Moonglow]

I say that whatever political party controls the press, controls the populace.

Democracy does not really exist.

Oh, this is one of those threads promoting state run media. Awesome.

Statistics show that the press slants Left.

It has for a very long time. I have presented an article on it you are free to refute. In fact, I can provide many, many, more.

What is new is social media, and with the last election the Left has decided to censor all of it.

What does this mean? This means that baseless conspiracy theories about Trump being controlled by Putin were allowed 24/7, but any conspiracy theories about Hunter Biden or a rigged election are censored.

In fact, polls show that had more people known about the Hunter Biden story, many would not have voted for Biden. The numbers are as high as 36% of voters

Media's hiding of Hunter Biden scandal robbed Trump of clear win: Poll

Again, a free press is a myth, as is a free democracy.

the press is not just the news outlets.

 

[Votto]

You Can’t Have Democracy Without a Free Press - Freedom Forum

There’s a reason we need a free press, despite its faults and foibles: Democracy won’t work without it.

www.freedomforum.org

Is it true that democracy can't actually exist without a free press?


True of false?

A free press is necessary for a free society. But a democracy neither requires, nor guarantees, a free society.

So I have established that all news has a propaganda slant to it, or at least, has a bias to it.

So the next question becomes, are we all free to engage in this?

When it comes to social media, the answer is a resounding no.

It's all democrats now. That is the big change with this last election. Hell, the President is even censored.

 

[Votto]

I say that whatever political party controls the press, controls the populace.

Democracy does not really exist.

Oh, this is one of those threads promoting state run media. Awesome.

Statistics show that the press slants Left.

It has for a very long time. I have presented an article on it you are free to refute. In fact, I can provide many, many, more.

What is new is social media, and with the last election the Left has decided to censor all of it.

What does this mean? This means that baseless conspiracy theories about Trump being controlled by Putin were allowed 24/7, but any conspiracy theories about Hunter Biden or a rigged election are censored.

In fact, polls show that had more people known about the Hunter Biden story, many would not have voted for Biden. The numbers are as high as 36% of voters

Media's hiding of Hunter Biden scandal robbed Trump of clear win: Poll

Again, a free press is a myth, as is a free democracy.

"Freedom is a myth" is the excuse of every leader who wants to infringe on freedom.

Freedom is to be fought for, or you surrender it for such things as "safety". The fight is a never ending one because man's nature is to enslave people. Historically, this can easily be seen, even though the press and academia ignore it. Historically, most men who have walked the earth have either been a slave or fought as one for a despot. In fact, we have more slaves today than at any time in human history, yet the media and academia focuses on slavery hundreds of years ago instead for political reasons

Notice how they promote democracy in the media by praising the birth place of it, Greece, while ignoring the slavery that made it even possible.

The Left knows they are simply better at infiltrating and controlling organizations than any political rivals they have.

This can be seen around the world.

 

[dblack]

I say that whatever political party controls the press, controls the populace.

Democracy does not really exist.

Oh, this is one of those threads promoting state run media. Awesome.

Statistics show that the press slants Left.

It has for a very long time. I have presented an article on it you are free to refute. In fact, I can provide many, many, more.

What is new is social media, and with the last election the Left has decided to censor all of it.

What does this mean? This means that baseless conspiracy theories about Trump being controlled by Putin were allowed 24/7, but any conspiracy theories about Hunter Biden or a rigged election are censored.

In fact, polls show that had more people known about the Hunter Biden story, many would not have voted for Biden. The numbers are as high as 36% of voters

Media's hiding of Hunter Biden scandal robbed Trump of clear win: Poll

Again, a free press is a myth, as is a free democracy.

"Freedom is a myth" is the excuse of every leader who wants to infringe on freedom.

Freedom is to be fought for, or you surrender it for such things as "safety". The fight is a never ending one because man's nature is to enslave people. Historically, this can easily be seen, even though the press and academia ignore it. Historically, most men who have walked the earth have either been a slave or fought as one for a despot. In fact, we have more slaves today than at any time in human history, yet the media and academia focuses on slavery hundreds of years ago instead for political reasons

Notice how they promote democracy in the media by praising the birth place of it, Greece, while ignoring the slavery that made it even possible.

The Left knows they are simply better at infiltrating and controlling organizations than any political rivals they have.

This can be seen around the world.

Not sure what all that has to do with anything.

 

[BlindBoo]

Yes, the Press should be free to be as partisan as they like.

 

[dblack]

Yes, the Press should be free to be as partisan as they like.

Well said. Some people seem to conceive of "freedom" as the power to force others to do your bidding.

 

[Votto]

The bias is so blatant, even academia agrees

On the nature of real and perceived bias in the mainstream media

News consumers expect news outlets to be objective and balanced in their reports of events and opinions. However, there is a growing body of evidence of bias in the media caused by underlying political and socio-economic viewpoints. Previous studies have tried to classify the partiality of the...

journals.plos.org

 

[Moonglow]

Ancient Greece had pure democracy and yet had no free press. The US has semi-democracy and it has a free press.

 

[Moonglow]

Yes, the Press should be free to be as partisan as they like.

Well said. Some people seem to conceive of "freedom" as the power to force others to do your bidding.

They fantasize about it being neutral, have you ever met a neutral human?

 

[Moonglow]

The bias is so blatant, even academia agrees

On the nature of real and perceived bias in the mainstream media

News consumers expect news outlets to be objective and balanced in their reports of events and opinions. However, there is a growing body of evidence of bias in the media caused by underlying political and socio-economic viewpoints. Previous studies have tried to classify the partiality of the...

journals.plos.org

They are private companies what else do you expect?

 

[sartre play]

Two choices only. Republican or Democratic PROPAGANDA. News media is there to make Money, keeping you roiled up keeps you watching/ reading. Not many are looking for truth. How we got to a place where money & winning are our top goals?

 

[Moonglow]

Two choices only. Republican or Democratic PROPAGANDA. News media is there to make Money, keeping you roiled up keeps you watching/ reading. Not many are looking for truth. How we got to a place where money & winning are our top goals?

By being greedy and spoiled. You remember when the hippies became yuppies and got a three piece suit and sold penny stocks during Reagan when the need for a higher degree of greed was needed because people were tired of just being millionaires?

 

[Votto]

Two choices only. Republican or Democratic PROPAGANDA. News media is there to make Money, keeping you roiled up keeps you watching/ reading. Not many are looking for truth. How we got to a place where money & winning are our top goals?

Follow the money!

That is the key.

Today, the DNC owns corporate America and the press. Just look at Coke, Detla, Facebook, etc.

And looking at how the democrats spend, is it any wonder?

The only question becomes, when will all the spending destroy the Republic?

For the sake of argument, if the US Republic does go belly up because of debt, would corporations care? Most are not international anyway.

In fact, they may desire it, one less sovereign country to stand in the way of a one world government where they can do business much easier.

 

[BlindBoo]

How we got to a place where money & winning are our top goals?

Ted Turner?

 

[kaz]

You Can’t Have Democracy Without a Free Press - Freedom Forum

There’s a reason we need a free press, despite its faults and foibles: Democracy won’t work without it.

www.freedomforum.org

Is it true that democracy can't actually exist without a free press?


True of false?

That's only half the question. You left out "truthful".

And this is how Democrats end free speech.

You appoint yourselves to decide what is "truthful." You define truthful as anything that's in your interest whether it's factually correct or not and a lie as anything that is not in your interest as a lie whether it is factually true or not. Then there is no free speech, you're just a lying fascist. Which is what America is today because of the fascist Democrat Nazi party

 

[Votto]

You Can’t Have Democracy Without a Free Press - Freedom Forum

There’s a reason we need a free press, despite its faults and foibles: Democracy won’t work without it.

www.freedomforum.org

Is it true that democracy can't actually exist without a free press?


True of false?

That's only half the question. You left out "truthful".

And this is how Democrats end free speech.

You appoint yourselves to decide what is "truthful." You define truthful as anything that's in your interest whether it's factually correct or not and a lie as anything that is not in your interest as a lie whether it is factually true or not. Then there is no free speech, you're just a lying fascist. Which is what America is today because of the fascist Democrat Nazi party

You just set up a bunch of "fact chekers" to validate your viewpoints.

There, that was easy.

 

[struth]

A democracy can exist....I mean, leftwing regimes like Castro's Cuba, and China have democracy.

but can a free society exist? That's the question. I don't think one can...if the press, is willing to forgo their role, and simply be a propagandist machine for a political party, then that will allow that single party to gain power. Much like we saw in Germany at the beginning of the 20th Century. It's how the National Socialist were able to gain power, and the democractically elected Hitler, was able to maintain and gain absolute power.

Sadly, we see folks at CNN, and other major networks, like NBC and it's companies, becoming nothing more then propaganda ministries for the DNC.

 

[Votto]

What that CNN producer admitted about purposefully trying to damage Trump is fucking disgusting.

Eventually, the truth comes out.

But at what cost?

 

[Turtlesoup]

You Can’t Have Democracy Without a Free Press - Freedom Forum

There’s a reason we need a free press, despite its faults and foibles: Democracy won’t work without it.

www.freedomforum.org

Is it true that democracy can't actually exist without a free press?


True of false?

True--people have to be informed of the facts but then again democracies are mob rule. Limiting morons and non producers access to voting is also necessary to prevent buying, manipulating, or scaring the vote.