SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: January 17, 2021
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Opinion Column by John Semmens
AOC Calls for Ministry of Truth
Concerned that “free speech can be abused by enemies of the Biden Administration to undermine its policies and programs,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is calling for “the creation of a commission or some similar agency to rein in media who deviate from the truth.”
While the United States has relied on the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech for the last 230 years to prevent the government from censoring criticism of itself, Ocasio-Cortez contends that “the anarchy allowed by our Constitution is not up to the task of shepherding the American people toward the democratic socialism voters just endorsed in the recent elections. The collective ideal cannot be accomplished if antagonists are free to defame our truths and our spokespersons. Congress is the people’s voice and should take action to crackdown on the purveyors of lies and dissension.”
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey agreed that “we ne
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