• MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world
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        22 hours ago

        “Free speech” doesn’t entitle you to dictate policy over privately held companies. We spent four years trying to convince Trumpers of this. Be smarter.

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          21 hours ago

          What do you mean, did the Biden admin target any particular shows or networks? Are you also aware the current admin is holding off Paramount’s merger to exert influence over their programming? IDK how free that feels. May not be directly breaking laws, but it’s absolutely a subversion of free speech.

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            21 hours ago

            No, it’s not. Free speech protects what you say from the government, not your employer. Your employer ALSO has free speech, meaning they can decide what can and can’t be said on their property.

            This is like saying Sesame Street doesn’t show hardcore porn and that’s a violation of free speech.

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        22 hours ago

        Like axing a show that didn’t make money ?

        That a poor comparison since on x the moderations is about random citizen and not paid employee doing a work for a company that a the end of the day is free to choose how to spent her money

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            2 hours ago

            For the same freedom of speech reasons that we’re applying to Colbert. That jerkwad is just as entitled to lie as they are to tell the truth, and it’s up to everyone else to call them out on it.

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          22 hours ago

          Like axing a show that didn’t make money ?

          Even if that were true, which it isn’t, what business does the president have even mentioning it much less making a demand?

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        18 hours ago

        It’s a visceral reaction, my guess. It’s exactly the same argument that right wingers used when oreilly, carlson, etc got canceled.

        Not paying someone millions for saying stuff on TV is not infringing on free speech, now apparently it’s leftists turn to not understand it.