--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <shempmcgurk@> > > > wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > The last sentence above describes genuine censorship. > > > > > > > > ...as opposed to what you stand for: discouraging the free > > > > dissemination of and free exchange of ideas... > > > > > > I'm discouraging the dissemination without rebuttal > > > on national television of documented falsehoods > > > concerning the lead-up to 9/11. > > > > Yes, that's precisely what you're doing. I congratulate you for > > admitting it. > > I'm not "admitting" it, I'm *asserting* it. > > > Of course, "the dissemination without rebuttal on national > > television of documented falseoods concerning the lead-up to 9/11" > > is free speech and that is what you are discouraging. > > The public airwaves are obligated to present > both sides of a story, Shemp.
No they're not! There is an obligation on the part of certain broadcasters to give "equal time" to opposing politicians when certain politicians, such as the president, gives an address. Show me a law where it says that the public airwaves are obligated to present both side of a story. Such a law would, indeed, be a violation of the first amendment. > > > You see, Judy, no one ever said that free speech was truth or > > correct facts. > > Right. > > > The only media outlet that ever claimed that was one > > called "Pravda" which in Russian means "truth" and which you, > > above, claim is the only thing that shouldn't be discouraged. > > Read what I wrote again, Shemp. You seem to have > missed a few words. > > Probably a good idea to take your medication first. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
