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Originally Posted by donquixote99
I'd like to see that too, but it's hard to get beyond the wishful-thinking level. It's a big first-amendment issue here, and there is trouble in government regulators deciding what is or isn't a 'paid political advertisement.' Would an ad right now that says 'Jeb Bush is a fink,' and nothing else, be allowed, or not? Not simple to answer.
I'd like to know more about how that sort of question is sorted in Europe.
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Having government restrict access to the public/commercial airwaves is a restriction of free speech as guaranteed by the First Amendment and would be sending us down an even slippery slope than we are on.
Is speech more restricted in the British Isle than here?