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Democrats want a truce with Section 230 supporters:
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which says apps and websites aren't legally liable for third-party content, has inspired a lot of overheated rhetoric in Congress. Republicans like Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) have successfully framed the rule as a "gift to Big Tech" that enables social media censorship. While Democrats have very different critiques, some have embraced a similar fire-and-brimstone tone with the bipartisan EARN IT Act. But a Senate subcommittee tried to reset that narrative today with a hearing for the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act, a similarly bipartisan attempt at a more nuanced Section 230 amendment. While the hearing didn't address all of the PACT Act's very real flaws, it presented the bill as an option for Section 230 defenders who still want a say in potential reforms.
[...] Still, Section 230 has been at the forefront of US politics for years, and some kind of change looks increasingly likely. If that's true, then particularly after today's hearing, a revised version of the PACT Act looks like the clearest existing option to preserve important parts of the law without dismissing calls for reform. And hashing out those specifics may prove more important than focusing on the policy's most hyperbolic critics.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 31 2020, @11:46AM (1 child)
That wasn't a mind control ray; it was just an endless amount of propaganda by corporate media outlets to try to convince the old voters who still stupidly watch their garbage networks to vote for Biden.
Is comparing Bernie's victory in Nevada to the Nazi invasion of France fair coverage? Is it normal to you to focus on the second, third, and even fourth place finishers in a primary instead of the actual winner (Bernie Sanders), but then turn around and endlessly talk about how amazing it is that Biden won South Carolina? They did endless propaganda for Biden after his victory in South Carolina, pushing the notion that that victory somehow made him more 'electable,' in a primary that was about perceived electability. There are reports that Obama got involved behind the scenes to convince Buttigieg and Klobuchar to drop out right before Super Tuesday and endorse Biden. Not surprising, but it also shows that the odds were overwhelmingly stacked against Bernie.
Now, why would corporate media outlets like MSNBC, CNN, and so on do endless propaganda against Bernie, bemoan all of his victories, and then take the first opportunity possible to relentlessly promote a seemingly viable opponent? Because they knew he threatens the status quo and their corporate power structures.
It's pure stupidity to say that these things didn't have an effect on the results of the primary. This is obvious to everyone but you, apparently. In the end, you're just a democratic establishment hack trying to normalize rampant corruption and distract from the massive issues the DNC has by pointing out that the RNC is worse.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Phoenix666 on Friday July 31 2020, @06:39PM
Yes, that is so. It is also no surprise this time because the DNC literally rigged the primaries against Bernie in 2016. The Democratic Party is a charade.
I said as much this time to a couple friends who were fellow Bernie supporters then. They really, really thought this time it would be different, that Bernie would win through. They got more and more excited the worse Biden was doing in the early primaries. They told me I was wrong, so wrong. Even when Biden started to turn it around they assured me Bernie would prevail in a contested convention. They are chagrined now. Yet, they will probably shut up and pull the lever for Biden anyway, like good little soldiers. Tribalism is a powerful force.
So I quite agree with you: the game is rigged. The only effective action to take is to vote with our feet and with our dollars.
Washington DC delenda est.