Thread by @sethjlevy

I know this is likely to get drowned out given everything happening right now but the truth is there’s no such thing as fake news.

There are only facts, interpretations and opinions.

Free speech means I am free to express my interpretations and options and you to express yours.

The challenge was that we had given power to a media establishment to be the arbiter of the “true” interpretations and opinions as well as the gateway to which facts the public had the right to know.

Talk radio and social media broke through that structure.

What you see now is a hopeless and desperate attempt by the corporations that own the media establishment to take back control over facts, interpretations and opinions. To reestablish their role as the public’s arbiter.

In many ways this is the central battle Trump is fighting.

Once you understand the true nature of the battle then you appreciate the assertion that the media is the enemy of the people.

You either have a free flow of information or you don’t.

We are fighting for our foundational right.

The media establishment desires your surrender.

They will abridge freedom of speech which comes before a free press. They will tell you when you can assemble. They will define “peaceably” and limit “free excercise”.

Not even a POTUS has these freedoms.

Like it or not, it’s defend Trump’s rights or surrender yours.

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