General Discussion

is that whoever's currently in office gets to decide what's "disinformation." Again, we've seen both sides define it in the ways they prefer, at the expense of truth.

I would much rather see us simply repeal the Telecom Act of 1996, which enabled the MASSIVE (and continuing) consolidation of media ownership.

Granted, you might get more news diversity, which could include more cacaphony; but having more independently-owned outlets ensures at least that news media can't be dominated by a handful of oligarchs, as traditional media already is now, with the internet not far behind. We'd also beyond doubt get more and better coverage of local news, which has all but disappeared in many regions.

I'm open to suggestions re- other fixes; but solutions that involve some central arbiter of what's "true" have never succeeded long before being converted by TPTB into a tool for controlling the governed, including keeping us in the dark re- wrongdoing by TPTB.