Government officials and even some journalists claim that the First Amendment prevents crackdown on “disinformation,” which they say is a “threat to democracy,” despite the constitutional protection of free speech.
While journalists and government officials are supposed to uphold and defend the First Amendment’s protection of free speech, several on the left are now claiming that because mis- and disinformation are “threats to democracy,” shutting down such information is of greater importance than protecting speech.
Katherine Maher, who runs National Public Radio and has no journalistic experience, has long propounded that the same constitutional right upon which her employees rely every day should be curtailed.
Maher became president and CEO of NPR this past March, and said in a June 2021 interview that regarding “governmental regulation, the number one challenge here that we see is, of course, the First Amendment in the United States … is a fairly robust protection of rights […]
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