...that NYT v. Sullivan ended the particularly Southern practice of politicians suing newspapers and journalists to keep stories about their racism and oppression of non-whites and poor whites out of the news.Alarms raised about DeSantis journalist lawsuit bill: 'Never seen anything remotely like this'https://t.co/nJ5cLdPMqd
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 23, 2023
It’s no accident the governor of Florida wants to overturn it. Old times there are not forgotten.
Perhaps it's a swipe at Trump, when Trump talked like that I figured no one in the country had slandered and libeled people like Trump has. Though I'd think Desantis and his media should be careful of what they hope for.
ReplyDeleteI just posted a piece that carries the idea that "liberalization" of that era had, perhaps, in some ways had other than the planned results.