Re: Do TV stations have the right to subvert the constitution?

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From: Dave Marciniak
Date: Sun, 04 May 1997 00:00

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> I think that federal and state laws should be enacted making it a felony
> for any news medium to report `news' so as to substantially deny viewers
> the correct understanding of the laws that govern such incidents.  I also
> think that, e. g., television stations that report `latest scientific
> breakthroughs' which are bogus, i. e., not reported in referreed journals,
> ought to be prosecuted for committing felonies.

Many share your frustration with the New York/Washington propaganda
machine, but I believe your idea comes close to imprisoning people for
thought crimes. However the idea of Dan Rather standing in the public
square locked in a pillory is a deliciously wicked picture.

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From: dmarcini@up.net (Dave Marciniak)
Subject: Re: Do TV stations have the right to subvert the constitution?
Date: 1997/05/04
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