Thread by @bansisharma

1. Rip-Roaring Truth

Federal judge accuses NY Times, WaPo of being 'Democratic Party broadsheets'

This is so on point, I am going to highlight every single point in the article. This is rip-roaring truth.
thehill.com/homenews/media…

2. D.C. Circuit Senior Judge Laurence Silberman used his opinion to argue that the Times and Post served largely as mouthpieces for the Democratic Party, adding “the news section of The Wall Street Journal leans in the same direction.”

3. “The orientation of these three papers is followed by The Associated Press and most large papers across the country (such as the Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, and Boston Globe),” he continued.

4. “Nearly all television—network and cable—is a Democratic Party trumpet. Even the government-supported National Public Radio follows along.”

5. Silicon Valley “also has an enormous influence over the distribution of news” and said "it similarly filters news delivery in ways favorable to the Democratic Party."

6. He wrote that other outlets, including Fox News, The New York Post and The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page, serve as “notable exceptions to Democratic Party ideological control.”

7. “It should be borne in mind that the first step taken by any potential authoritarian or dictatorial regime is to gain control of communications, particularly the delivery of news,” Silberman continued.

8. “It is fair to conclude, therefore, that one-party control of the press and media is a threat to a viable democracy. It may even give rise to countervailing extremism.”

9. Silberman suggested an overturning of the precedent established in the Supreme Court’s landmark 1964 NY Times v. Sullivan decision, which requires parties filing defamation suits to prove “actual malice” in that a news org or publisher intentionally reported false information.

10. Silberman argued that the high court’s decision has “increased the power of the media,” and that this power is “now abused” by allowing “the press to cast false aspersion on public figures with near impunity.”

Amen!

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