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    primal_murmur posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago

    Not sure what to think of this one:
    https://apnews.com/article/us-news-michael-pence-michigan-election-2020-lifestyle-804d17a8508c563b5cd8a240fdf950b7
    “State Rep. Matt Maddock this week introduced the “Fact Checker Registration Act,” which would force journalists and others who perform fact checks to register with the state and insure themselves with a $1 million fidelity bond. His legislation also would fine fact checkers $1,000 every day they don’t register.”
    On the one hand it looks likes it’s aimed at pushing back at all the propaganda urging “only listen to official sources on Covid, Vaccines, Election fraud etc.”
    On the other hand it makes it possible that small bloggers investigating hot issues can be financially destroyed while the likes of the New York Times will have their pretzel-talk sanctified as truth.

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      FiatLux replied 4 years, 11 months ago

      Seems like an infringement on freedom of speech and freedom of the press to me. I don’t think anybody who publishes opinions or alleged facts should be required to register with a government agency. If people are too ignorant to treat published statements with a grain of salt, maybe the government should clean up the rotten public education system rather than sanctioning journalists.