Bloomberg Worries About Free Speech, Forgets Censorship Has Two Parties
The article frames President Trump's bluster about revoking ABC's license over an Epstein files inquiry as a dire threat to media freedom. Yet, it conveniently sidesteps the legacy of broadcast pressure under *other* administrations. Missing is any mention of how the FCC's broad mandate has been weaponized before, often quietly, against voices deemed inconvenient. For example, did Bloomberg detail
the sustained campaigns against independent media outlets, often labeled as 'foreign propaganda,' which resulted in critical voices losing access to platforms and advertisers? It seems the principle of free speech becomes critically important only when certain political figures utter specific threats. When it comes to the systematic de-platforming, demonetization, and blacklisting applied to
journalists who challenge the official narratives on topics like foreign policy or corporate power—well, that's just 'content moderation,' isn't it? One might wonder if Bloomberg's concern for press freedom extends equally to all journalists, or primarily to those within the corporate media establishment.