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J_William_Ryan

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5. "to overturn the landmark New York Times v. Sullivan would seriously weaken free speech protections."

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:53 PM

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Which is what conservatives have long wanted to do, predicated on the wrongheaded notion that the media are ‘liberal.’

A free press has always been a threat to the tyranny of Republican minority rule.

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