DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social

Even the US has rules about impartiality during elections, and I'm struggling to see how fairly minimal minimal interventions to ensure fair elections is fascist

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social [ View ] May 21, 2024 at 09:39 UTC

Indeed. UK regulations are not substantially different from the fairness doctrine (abolished under Reagan in 1987), and I just don’t think “the US under Carter” could be described as a country sliding *towards* fascism. If anything fits the post-87 States much better.

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@smilerz.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 19:38 UTC

The US has no such law.

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Elizabeth Grattan @egrattan.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 11:44 UTC

No. In the United States we have a First Amendment. We don’t police the press or news coverage. If you’re thinking of the Equal Time statute, that’s a huge leap and you’re getting it wrong.

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bonque, ben @kwstzhaderbonch.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 20:26 UTC

We don't tho?

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