tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7506303459723459126..comments2024-03-29T08:01:26.952-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Just ask China how to handle "fake news" . . .Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-72905238739949276872016-12-14T12:16:30.214-06:002016-12-14T12:16:30.214-06:00Censorship is always subjective. Based, always, o...Censorship is always subjective. Based, always, on how whoever's in charge interprets the content instead of on the actual substance of the content itself.Tal Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077424958233740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-34945453521205128012016-12-13T12:46:06.339-06:002016-12-13T12:46:06.339-06:00"Chinese Newspaper General Manager Mysterious..."Chinese Newspaper General Manager Mysteriously Falls To His Death" - Liu Jiandong "fell to his death on Monday".<br /><br />I'm not opposed to everything China does with regard to managing its media.<br /><br />NYT, WP, LAT...Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-27035877849314867272016-12-12T17:28:23.026-06:002016-12-12T17:28:23.026-06:00Free speech is as you said a very valuable right. ...Free speech is as you said a very valuable right. <br />But it has to be balanced with responsibility.<br /><br />Everybody has the right to speak his or her opinion. But as soon as it will be sold as truth, it has to be true. Or the originator has to be held responsible.<br /><br />We all know how untruths are used. A very good example is the Black Lies (oops, I meant Lives) Matter movement, that is basically build entirely on hearsay, rumors or outright lies.<br /><br />If for example anybody sprouting a untruth about the matter would be held responsible for the damage (for example the idiots that told the media the "hands up don't shoot" bull shit should be held responsible for all the costs and damages the Ferguson riots did) and the media would actually lose the right to print or broadcast if too many of their stories are proved false then many things would go better.<br /><br />If somebody who spreads a defaming rumor on social media could be reliable sued for damages the SJW crowd would lose quite a bit of power (imagine all these idiots having to pay several tens of thousands $ each for each time they destroy a persons live).MadMcAlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05189731235105279817noreply@blogger.com