At this point it would be easier to name a federal agency that didn't try to undermine free speech. This comes at no shock to me though. https://reason.com/2023/01/19/how-the-cdc-became-the-speech-police/
You are right, covid isn't a problem at all, you should lick the next five people you see. Meanwhile, back in reality, the CDC has an obligation to try to get good information to people on pandemic so fewer people die. Damn them and their evil ways. Anybody want to see the spike in the chart for Republican covid deaths after the vaccine again? Nah, if it hasn't hit home yet, it won't ever.
Doesn't matter, they have no right to put pressure on private companies to force a narrative, that is an infringement on free speech. I knew it would be pointless to post this article though because liberals no longer care about things like this because "Orange Man Bad". Nothing else matters.
Unless it's boycotting Rosie O'Donnell's sponsors because of her stance on guns. Or Starbucks, or M&M's, or Nike, or.....
freedom of speech doesn't apply to misinformation/agitprop though... indeed, incitement may apply lest you wind up with a bunch of morons holding a city hostage screaming "FREEDOM" while interfering with other people's rights to choose things.
By that logic, the FDA has no right to stop companies from selling fake products. Of course, you think it was wrong for companies like Twitter to “push their liberal agenda” so the truth is you just like anything.
This is the equivilant of the CDC saying, "nice media company you got there, be a shame if something were to happen to it."
It's literally a series of emails between the CDC and Facebook talking about what objective scientific fact is. Because Facebook wanted to moderate it correctly. CDC is in the business of stopping misinformation The Right hates that, because the Right is constantly the source of misinformation. You know, because they lie all the damn time. No, it's not dangerous to take the Covid vaccine when you are on your period, it doesn't cause Alzheimers, it doesnt cause FUCKING MAGNETISM... LOL. This is just the endless right wing WHINE FEST because they are losers that can't operate in a fact filled environment. They explicitly target morons who can't understand the difference between reality and the voices in their head. They love the uneducated.
tad dramatic for: "your bullshit fear mongering is gonna get people dead and you'll be held responsible". Let me guess. You thought the "trucker" thing here last year was pretty cool, didn't you?
The FDA shouldn't even exist, but we'll not go there. This is not like the FDA regulating a business, it's more like mafia tactics. "Hey we're not saying you can't have differing opinions on your platform, but Nicky here *cracks knuckles* wouldn't like it that much and you wouldn't want to upset Nicky, would you?"
Reason.... isn't that the thing Storm used to write for? Shoulda been called "Drama". and I REALLY wanna hear why the FDA shouldn't exist as a regulatory agency (let alone why it should be toothless to enforce it's own jurisdiction). Indulge me.
he's actually right of our traditional center with a minority government that can be overturned pretty easily with a motion of no confidence. OTOH, the so called "freedom convoy" was put together by a bunch of far right actors, right up to white nationalists and their affiliates
So what? Free speech means you should be able to say things that are incorrect. Indeed, the best way to correct bad speech is with even more good speech, not suppress it. The CDC doesn't have a great track record either when it comes to vaccines so who are they to judge what construes as misinformation?
Billybob isn't in question here... a publication is. As such they carry a presumption of credibility, ergo, an obligation to it. When they start editorializing in such an egregiously false and potentially harmful way, they've exited the sphere of the 1st. (this is why we make fun of your history degree... I seem to have a better grasp on these principles and I studied fuckin' industrial design.)
"berth" all you'd really have to show is a spike in sales figures to prove they were getting richer by lying, no?
Yeah, companies should be able to sell us all the rotten meat, and lead infused toothpaste they want! Good luck, everybody! *Corpses start plopping*
then what would prevent that effectively yet still be sufficiently "constitutional" in your mind? because otherwise it seems like you believe the beginning and end of all laws is what's spelled out in the first ten amendments and nothing else.
well now. this seems to be a take that proves that the CDC has no real power other than to push back with "good" speech against the "bad" speech... nw I'm no expert obviously, but it strikes me that exacerbating vaccine hesitance and putting an excessive load onto medical facilities (all for the ad revenues) would be both harmful and fraudulent...