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Ron DeSantis' Media Crackdown Raises Free Speech Alarms
newsweek ^ | 3/16/23 | JAMES BICKERTON

Posted on 03/16/2023 11:25:43 AM PDT by jimwatx

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To: jimwatx
Establishment media is exempted from this legislation, they are only going after the little guy.

In which case, it violates the 14th Amendment. SCOTUS could overturn it on those grounds.

61 posted on 03/16/2023 5:18:29 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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“Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been accused of attempting to create an anti-press freedom culture in his state. Proposed bills would weaken anti-SLAPP laws, make anonymous sources less credible, and require bloggers to register with the state.”

Since when does the governor propose and submit bills? He has already come out against the blogger having to register proposal.


62 posted on 03/16/2023 5:45:22 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: jimwatx

It will go nowhere.


63 posted on 03/16/2023 5:52:50 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe [ii])
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; jimwatx
"I’ll pass on the bill requiring political bloggers to be registered. We go on and on, rightfully, against registering people’s firearms and ammunition, so will we support registering bloggers, because DeSantis is generally a good governor?"

I'll pass on it as well. As did DeSantis. Registering bloggers wasn't his idea and he has already stated publicly it's a non-starter. As it should be. If he did support it, it would be quite out of character for him, and I'd still be against it. This is not hard to understand.

64 posted on 03/17/2023 4:04:16 AM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: Joe Brower

I’m glad he passed on it. Thanks for the correction.


65 posted on 03/17/2023 10:59:09 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: NorthMountain

You don’t like it here you can leave. That would be preferable than for us to sit here and have to listen to you run folks down while having you paint everyone here with your nasty broad brush.


66 posted on 03/17/2023 2:46:50 PM PDT by alaskamomma
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You don’t like it here you can leave.

Piss off, you unpleasant silly person!

67 posted on 03/17/2023 4:08:20 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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