Comment by lupusreal

Comment by lupusreal 8 hours ago

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> social media networks upon which the US public has become heavily dependent, should not be under the absolute control of some unaccountable person/entity with a strong personal agenda -- this applies to both Musk and [...]

...Benjamin Franklin? This country was built on mass media being in the hands of "unaccountable" persons with strong personal agendas. Projecting the right of American citizens to own and control media like this is precisely what the First Amendment is for.

Foreign owned media isn't nearly so cut and dry, but trying to act like the first ammendment doesn't cover Elon Musk just because his politics got you bent out of shape is absurd.