--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > 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. > >
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