Federal Judge Argues Media Is A 'Threat To Democracy' And Anti-GOP

[dajoki]

Federal Judge Argues Media Is A 'Threat To Democracy' And Anti-GOP
Judge Laurence Silberman sits on the influential D.C. appeals court
https://crooksandliars.com/2021/03/federal-judge-argues-media-threat#google_vignette

Of particular note, the 85-year-old Reagan appointee's comments were directed at companies not even involved in the case at hand. Apparently, he just felt like spewing some right-wing nonsense in a dissent, one person calling it a "gratuitous tangent."

Source: Bloomberg News:

A conservative judge on the influential federal appeals court in Washington used his dissent in a defamation case to lambaste most U.S. media outlets for trumpeting “shocking” anti-Republican views and call for libel laws to be revised to make it easier to sue the press.

The New York Times and The Washington Post are “virtually Democratic Party broadsheets,” while the news section of the Wall Street Journal “leans in the same direction,” U.S. Circuit Judge Laurence Silberman said. He said the major television outlets and Silicon Valley giants were similarly biased.

“One-party control of the press and media is a threat to a viable democracy,” Silberman wrote. He exempted from his criticism of “Democratic ideological control” Fox News, The New York Post, and The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page. But he lamented that these outlets are “controlled by a single man and his son,” a reference to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, and questioned how long they could hold out.

“After all, there are serious efforts to muzzle Fox News,” the Reagan appointee wrote, without elaborating.

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[superpatriotman]

1. You're not paranoid

If everyone is against you.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. From Prof. Tribe

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[dajoki]

7. Here's another one...

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[zaj]

3. We share an allegiance to facts...

I thought that's what judges believed in as well?

[Doremus]

4. The judge should call his repuke cronies on the carpet then because they own all the media. nt

[GoCubsGo]

5. Another example of why lifetime appointments for judges must end.

He's fucking deluded.

[Boomerproud]

6. This proves that presidents' legacies are long-lasting because

of their judicial appointments, not legislation. We already knew that of course. G

[sanatanadharma]

8. OK, so who prefers a one sided Judiciary to a one sided press?

Which is greater threat to USa (sic)?“
One-party control of the press and media or one party control of the Judiciary?