Thomas Jefferson’s “Monticello”
“Our liberty depends on the
freedom of the press, and that cannot
be limited without being lost” —Thomas Jefferson
ABC News | CBS News | CNN | Fox News | MS NOW | NBC News
Nonetheless, the press can become too powerful. And for me, it suffices to say that due to the lack of diversity in Silicon Valley, I’m no big fan of social media. Nonetheless, one can’t help but notice our government’s increasing desire to vigorously regulate social media. It does so by using political misinformation, teenage addiction to social media, hate speech, bullying, and other social perils as its premise to do so. In contrast, it doesn’t seem that the government is too enthusiastic about regulating the news industry, particularly against abuses carried out under the auspices of investigative journalism and freedom of the press.
What’s more disturbing is that the government appears either dismissive or has lost the political will to pursue viable oversight programs [such as the 2014 CIN Study it abandoned as a result of news media pressures], which would’ve provided the public with valuable insight into how the news industry gathers, disseminates, and reports the news fairly and objectively in accordance with the demographics it serves. And lastly, the news industry is just as guilty as social media of facilitating hate speech, bullying, and other social perils, so why not tighten a regulatory noose around its neck too?
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