Links for 4–29-23
true colors of the corporate media
Tucker Carlson is about to find out if he's bigger than Fox News. From: James Rainey/LA Times. Immediate reaction from fans and other right-wing political commentators to this week’s blockbuster announcement painted Carlson not as a serial cable TV loser but as a truth-teller shunned by his corporate bosses for daring to enlighten viewers about America’s sick culture and institutions.
Tucker Carlson’s Fox departure signals the end for corporate media. From: The Federalist. When he could have stayed on script and let his popularity carry him along, he instead continued taking ever-larger risks and angering powerful people.
The crime of “talking to Tucker Carlson.” From: Naomi Wolf/Substack. A note of support, from a surprising detente. (long but good)
Do ‘more guns lead to more deaths'? From: Reason. No, and that good news needs to be front and center in all discussions of gun control, especially after school shootings.
🤬 Senate GOP votes down bill calling on VA to study marijuana as PTSD, pain remedy. From: The Hill. The VA’s observational study would have looked into the positives and negatives of veterans using marijuana and their overall health as a result. →The GOP used to support veterans.
On parental rights, the contrast between red and blue states couldn’t be starker. From: Washington Examiner. Blue states' solutions move to weaken family ties and empower government. Red states are moving to weaken corporations and empower families.
Bagging “Jim Eagle”: 11th Circuit upholds Florida’s voting reforms. From: Jonathan Turley. Even The Washington Post awarded Biden four “Pinocchios” for his characterization of the law.
⭐️ Free markets and the pursuit of happiness. From: Sheldon Richman/Libertarian Institute. The aesthetic rejection of markets could explain why we libertarians have made little progress in persuading people that crony capitalism is significantly different from the free market.
Congressman Andy Biggs says government agencies buying private data is a Fourth Amendment violation. From: Reclaim the Net. One way to define US federal agencies – the FBI included – that obtain their citizens’ personal data by buying it from third-party data brokers is to say they are bypassing the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment, meant to protect against unlawful searches.
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