Kansas Crimson

KUTradition wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:28 am fox news runs a banner calling Biden a wannabe dictator

jfc

Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested

twocoach wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:42 am

KUTradition wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:35 am

jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:34 am

At some point, pulling preferred-access press credentials is warranted. It is not a journalistic outlet, and while the government has no right to restrict Fox's speech, nor does the government have an obligation to further it.

couldn’t agree more

The precedent has certainly been set by the previous administration. Only they set it at a "you publish unflattering things" instead of "you publish inflammatory, false things".

zsn wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:42 am

KUTradition wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:28 am fox news runs a banner calling Biden a wannabe dictator

jfc

Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested

Unfortunately the Constitution guarantees people/organizations’ right to be a$$holes. The Administration cannot yank their press privileges without violating their rights. However, they can ignore Fox, put them in the corner of the last row. I think that would be most effective retribution.

jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 12:01 pm

zsn wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:42 am

KUTradition wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:28 am fox news runs a banner calling Biden a wannabe dictator

jfc

Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested

Unfortunately the Constitution guarantees people/organizations’ right to be a$$holes. The Administration cannot yank their press privileges without violating their rights. However, they can ignore Fox, put them in the corner of the last row. I think that would be most effective retribution.

Is "yanking press privileges" under the umbrella of "abridging the freedom ... of the press"? I'm not sure it would be; a great, great, great many credential applications are denied all the time, for all sorts of reasons.

Declining to grant an unfettered privilege is not the same thing as denying a Constitutional right.

But have fun telling that to the AR folks.

Feral wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 1:07 pm IMO, if the WH did relegate Fox completely or even only to the corner, rather than acquiesce and potentially lose viewers to NewsMax et al because they aren't serving up red meat, i.e., lies about Biden anymore, FOX would weaponize it and claim victimhood to their all-grievance all the time cult, which is nothing if not always ready to cry and whine about how they've been wronged, again.

jhawks99 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 13, 2023 5:42 pm Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?