I really can't believe a/. reader just wrote a comment supporting government censorship. If the government put restrictions on what could and could not be said on television, radio, etc. it would be a blatant violation of the First Amendment in more ways than one. Do you really want more of your rights taken away?
At least with our current system we can get info from a variety of sources and try and piece together the truth. The US media, yellow as it is, does a fairly good job of reporting the news. One must just learn to sift through and ignore the bullshit.
Television is probably the worst way of getting information on upcoming elections. Newspapers and the Internet provide a much better source. Remember it is the voters' responsibility to make an informed decision on election day, not corporations'. So if the country is full of mindless drones who vote for the person they saw the most on the TV-box then we end up with the government we deserve.
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No, absolutely not.
/. reader just wrote a comment supporting government censorship. If the government put restrictions on what could and could not be said on television, radio, etc. it would be a blatant violation of the First Amendment in more ways than one. Do you really want more of your rights taken away?
I really can't believe a
At least with our current system we can get info from a variety of sources and try and piece together the truth. The US media, yellow as it is, does a fairly good job of reporting the news. One must just learn to sift through and ignore the bullshit.
Television is probably the worst way of getting information on upcoming elections. Newspapers and the Internet provide a much better source. Remember it is the voters' responsibility to make an informed decision on election day, not corporations'. So if the country is full of mindless drones who vote for the person they saw the most on the TV-box then we end up with the government we deserve.