Do the Media Promote the Idea That Incendiary Talk is “Free Speech”?


Article in the Daily Kos by Laura Clawson 6/3/23

Headline:  “The media has embraced the claim that free speech means freedom to commit crimes”

“It’s bad enough that one of the main Republican talking points regarding Donald Trump’s latest federal criminal charges is an attempt to erase the distinction between free speech and criminal conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government, obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. What’s worse is that the traditional media is, in its “neutral” mode of reporting, taking these claims seriously.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/3/2184990/-How-many-times-do-we-have-to-say-that-Trump-s-crimes-aren-t-a-free-speech-issue