A Free Press for Me, But Not for Thee

Corporate media outlets like CNN, The Washington Post, and The New York Times have recently claimed President Donald Trump attacks the First Amendment when he criticizes corporate media outlets for unethical journalistic practices and labels them the “enemy of the people.”  Nevertheless, Trump has taken no legal action against any member of the corporate media (unlike the previous President), and has not advocated doing so.  On the other hand, just this past month, the aforementioned corporate media outlets were actively involved in lobbying Silicon Valley tech utilities to censor independent media outlet InfoWars.  Isn’t that an actual attack on the First Amendment?

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Free Speech Is the “House Nigger” of the Corporate World

Bill Maher recently received criticism for referring to himself as a “house nigger.”

In America, free speech is a sacred right.  That is, until it threatens corporate interests.  We’ve seen the scenario repeated.  Someone says something offensive.  Interest groups become aware and threaten sponsors of the speaker’s platform with boycott.  Sponsors relent to protect their corporate image, and, ultimately, the speaker loses the platform.