The First Amendment is one of several foundational pillars that make the United States unique in its almost-unwavering written protection of religion, protest, and most importantly of all, speech.
But like all freedoms, there are exceptions. When it comes tofor example, there are categories of expression that fall outside the protections of the First Amendment, including obscenity, child pornography, and speech that incites violence — and it’s the latter that stands as an opportunity for authoritarian, would-be fascists among us to silence their enemies.According to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , media companies should be held accountable for “incitement of violence.
“When it comes to broadcast television, like Fox News, these are subject to federal law, federal regulation in terms of what’s allowed on air and what isn’t,” Ocasio-Cortezformer White House press secretary and now MSNBC host Jen Psaki on Sunday. “And when you look at what Tucker Carlson and some of these other folks on Fox do, it is very, very clearly incitement of violence.”
“Very clearly incitement of violence. And that is the line that, I think, we have to be willing to contend with,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
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