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I am told that OANN is even worse. I cannot imagine. I do think we've crossed the Rubicon on this matter of "free speech." It seems to me that these networks are screaming "fire" at the top of their voices, night after night. Surely there's some recourse?

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I've never watched OANN but could easily imagine worse than Carlson. All you need do is imagine people that avoid looking elsewhere for their news and thus are at the mercy of scoundrels. And there is no limit to what scoundrels can do once let loose on the world. Carlson is vane and weak so his cowardice reins him to some extent. He wants to be applauded by people he admires. He doesn't admire Trump nor Trump's followers and has nothing in common with them. From this perspective, he is worse than the OANN's who can at least claim they are demented. Carlson is merely without a conscience and blindly ambitious.

The anecdote to Carlson is simple: expose him. Too bad our mainstream itself is so weak and ineffectual. They are in the process of waking up a bit which will help. I even watched a show last night that referred to Carlson's despicable and patently false take on the insurrection.

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