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The Chicago Statement may be appropriate for an academic campus, where you don't have billions of dollars being spent on misinformation campaigns, but it is naive to think it applies to our mass media.

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And why does this not apply to whatever you hear that offends you?

“…and to act on those judgments not by seeking to suppress speech, but by openly and vigorously contesting those arguments and ideas that they oppose.”

The 01/06 committee is “openly and vigorously contesting those arguments and ideas that they oppose.”.

I express opposition with my vote and my money. Not by gagging those I don’t agree with. No matter how rich they may be.

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It’s not about agreeing. It’s about Lying!!! It’s about passing off lies as news on National television! It’s called Propaganda and is has to stop!

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Agree. About the lying.

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