#BrianStelter #FoxNews CNN Host Brian Stelter recently called for a reduction of "information pollution" on right wing media by reducing the reach of outlets like FOX News Channel. He said FOX perhaps should be put on a sci-fi list instead of next to MSNBC in cable line-ups if it keeps amplifying ideas like those shared by Tucker Carlson and his guest suggested cable providers stop carrying outlets that are not "sensible" in what they tell viewers. My question, as always with speech suppression issues, is who decides what is "information pollution"?
Sassy the horse is not the only one who wears a saddle anymore.
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Possibly the best, and least reported, news of the week appeared in Monday’s New York Times, below the headline, “I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit.” It’s another Trump promise, fulfilled.
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The Johnson Amendment is a 1954 statute that says nonprofit organizations —501c3’s, including churches— may not endorse or oppose political candidates if they want to keep their tax-exempt status.
It was introduced by then-Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, mostly to stop some Texas nonprofits from attacking him during a campaign. It passed quietly, with no debate, and over time, it became a kind of political muzzle for religious groups: preach all you want, but you can’t stump.
In theory, the rule applied to all tax-exempt nonprofits, but in practice, the IRS almost never enforced it, especially against churches. It was more of an effective threat than an actual hammer— used selectively, inconsistently, and often politically. For years, conservative churches complied but argued that the rule...