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Populist-Epistemology
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The Final Stampede
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Racism Baked In
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Divisiveness and Beyond
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The Marketing of Algorithmic Transmissions “The algorithm, he said, was YouTube’s speech and distinct from what users had posted.” – New York Times, Feb. 21, 2023 If the algorithm is speech... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org It’s probably fair in every quarter to say that our root problem right now is being able to see where problems are, which views of problems are right... Read more
NY Times – Politics

The president was feted by King Charles III with the sort of pageantry he covets, signed a technology deal and steered clear of big disagreements with Prime Minister Keir Starmer. [...]

The president’s suggestion that broadcasters should lose their licenses because of criticism of him indicated that his assault on critics’ language is driven in part by personal animus. [...]

The abrupt programming decision quickly morphed into a flashpoint for free speech in America under the Trump administration. [...]

The Federal Communications Commission gives out licenses to TV stations to broadcast over radio frequencies and approves major telecom and media deals. [...]
Over more than two decades in TV, the comedian has gone from a challenger of politically correct discourse to a frequent antagonist of the right. [...]

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the president’s pledges to guarantee free speech have been replaced by efforts to suppress — and even criminalize — what their critics have to say. [...]