Kalendae

That is not how lawsuits work. And Trump has not walked it back.

And the reason RFK, Jr. walked it back is more likely related to lobbyists and donors than any “liability”.

Sovereign immunity means any such lawsuit would be DOA.

The FCC has no authority over cable channels. Nothing Reagan did made it easier for Fox News to exist.

The government is specifically protected from being sued for defamation.

Saying “you can sue the government for defamation if the information is false” kind of negates the purpose of protecting the government from defamation lawsuits since falsity is a key element of defamation.

Yeah - if you are being sued you have to respond.

Otherwise the court will issue a default judgement against you.

And why wouldn’t you defend yourself from accusations against you?

Sovereign immunity actually applies to the government - but the 1988 Westfall Act extended it to government employees and officials.

So you are bemoaning the loss of a policy that never applied to you or your media?

You mean the man the government appointed as an expert? The man who would get to determine what medical information you would have access to if we had a law similar to China’s?

Yeah, I’m sure that won’t end poorly.

Silly me - remind me: which amendment guarantees the ability to practice medicine, fly airplanes, or build bridges?

How many dictators/fascists control their populations by limiting who can practice medicine, fly airplanes, or build bridges?

Social media - how does it work?

Sovereign immunity means any such lawsuit would be DOA.

start the comparison in 1960 instead of 1987? How many talk radio stations existed in 1987?

And the article again completely ignores Limbaugh and others like him being on air while the Fairness Doctrine was in effect.

It is shoddy work. The author should be ashamed.

The Fairness Doctrine required diverse viewpoints, not “competing views”. Again, verifiable fact.

No radio or TV station has the reach to “serve the entire nation”. Yep - verifiable fact.

They skip over Meredith Corp v FCC.

1960 to 1995 is 35 years - not “almost overnight”. And why did they

The author of that piece did no research.

Limbaugh was on air in CA growing audiences while the Fairness Doctrine was in effect. This is a verifiable fact.

Broadcast licenses carry the requirement to be “public trustees” - that has nothing to do with the Fairness Doctrine. Again, verifiable fact.

Yes - if Tylenol claims the statement is defamatory, Tylenol would have to prove it.

So your brilliant game plan is to find judges willing to ignore the law and somehow you think that means they will support your position?

How’s that working out so far with SCOTUS?

RFK, Jr. is giving a press conference in the White House press room in his role as Secretary of Health and Human Services - an official government position.

This means he is protected by Sovereign Immunity due to the 1988 Westfall Act.

Maybe you should scroll up and familiarize yourself with the topic at hand?

The U.S. government is sovereign - and employees/officials of the U.S. government acting in their official capacity are extended the protection of sovereign immunity.

And speaking at an official press conference in his official role makes it an official act.

Yes - because you mentioned citizenship and ownership.

You do not need US citizenship to own cable, internet, or print.

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Sovereign immunity means any such lawsuit would be DOA.

Sovereign immunity means any such lawsuit would be DOA.

No. Sovereign immunity means any such lawsuit would be DOA.

Yes - listing all the things not impacted by the regulations you were bemoaning the end of is a “digression”. 🙄

Reagan had nothing to do with Murdoch’s media ownership and no, the Fairness Doctrine constitutionally could not apply to cable channels so would not have applied to Fox News.

And my point is that Murdoch and Reagan suck and there is no need for spreading misinformation about either one.

Yes, government regulation of speech and the press is such an amazing thing! s/

(And the Fairness Doctrine had nothing to do with “expertise” and constitutionally could not apply to cable, internet, or print.)

Murdoch became a U.S. citizen in 1985.

Citizenship is not required for print, cable, or internet.

The Fairness Doctrine could not constitutionally apply to cable, internet, or print.

The FCC is not the content police and has no authority over cable channels or cable channel content.

Since BlueSky is not the government their actions do not and cannot go against anyone’s First Amendment rights.

false or made the statement with reckless disregard for its truth or falsity.