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French Parliament Considering Restrictive Bill in Effort to Combat Fake News

June 6, 2018 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/French-Fake-News-Bill_take-3.mp3

By Mitchell Sanders

The French parliament is set to debate a bill on Thursday designed to regulate campaign-related misinformation.

If passed into law, the billwould allow French authorities to bar the publication of any information they deem false in the run-up to elections. Additionally, the bill would
allow the state to yank foreign broadcasters off the air if they are judged as attempting to destabilize France. It would also compel social media
networks to introduce measures that would allow users to flag content for official government review

The bill has sparked fears of censorship; critics assert it could be used by authorities to block unflattering or compromising stories. Legal expert Vincent Couronne insists that the law is “not only imperfect and unnecessary but also dangerous for the peace and diversity of public debate.”

Other experts agree, saying that the bill is a step towards censorship and insisting that the bill will turn judges into arbiters of true and false.

French politician Marine Le Pen questions, “Is France still a democracy if it muzzles its citizens?”

Under the bill, judges would have only forty-eight hours to make their decision.

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Filed Under: News & Politics Tagged With: censorship, fake news, France, free press, Free Speech, Marine Le Pen, parliament, social media

Shulkin Shown the Door, Sinclair’s Script, Hillary’s New Excuses for Losing

April 2, 2018 by GregC


Jim Geraghty is back!  Today, he and Greg Corombos of Radio America agree that it was time for VA Secretary David Shulkin to leave after months of ethical woes – but also a year of some progress at one of government’s biggest and most important bureaucracies.  They also take on the identical script recorded by dozens of anchors at Sinclair stations, noting that the commitment to reporting facts is good but making every station say exactly the same thing looks really bad.  And they slam Hillary Clinton for adding the Supreme Court decisions on Citizens United and the Voting Rights Act to her endless excuses for losing in 2016.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: 2016 election, Citizens United, David Shulin, ethics, fake news, Hillary Clinton, National Review, Ronny Jackson, Sinclair Media, Supreme Court, Three Martini Lunch, VA, Voting Rights Act

Joyous Jobs Numbers, Fake News Awards, When Reid Doesn’t Read

January 18, 2018 by GregC


Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America celebrate the lowest number of weekly jobless claims since 1973 as yet another sign the economy is on a serious upswing.  They also examine the Republican National Committee’s winners for worst fake news in 2017, with a look at the choices and the RNC being unprepared for the traffic on its website.  And they call out MSNBC’s Joy Reid for her vile attack on National Review’s David French and for her later retraction of the smear, which proved she never actually read his article in the first place.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: David French, fake news, Joy Reid, National Review, nuclear attack, RNC, Three Martini Lunch, unemployment

Terror Attack Fizzles, CNN’s Big Mistake, ‘Christmas’ Controversy

December 11, 2017 by GregC


Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America shudder at the attempted terrorist attack in New York City but are glad this particular ISIS sympathizer only injured himself.  They also slam CNN for not only failing to verify the information from its sources in its supposed Wikileaks bombshell but for failing to be the first to correct its mistakes and then saying its reporters did everything right.  And they roll their eyes as leftists get bent out of shape because U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley wished CNN’s Jake Tapper, who is Jewish, a Merry Christmas.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: CNN, fake news, Jake Tapper, Merry Christmas, National Review, New York City, Nikki Heley, Terrorism, Three Martini Lunch

GOP Plays Hardball on Judges, Trump & Free Press, NBC Spiked Weinstein Story

October 11, 2017 by GregC

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America applaud Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for squashing the “blue slip” system and expediting the confirmation of judicial appointments.  Even though they’re pretty sure President Trump is joking about pulling network licenses in response to “fake news,” they explain why a president should never be threatening the existence of a media outlet over their content.  And they cheer Ronan Farrow for his impressive reporting on the extent of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assaults and harassment, while also blasting NBC for its lame explanation for refusing to run the story months ago.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: blue slips, fake news, Harvey Weinstein, judicial nominations, licenses, Martini, media, Mitch McConnell, National Review, NBC, President Trump, Ronan Farrow

Sanctuary City Smackdown, Illinois Financial Fiasco, ‘Fake News’ Feedback

June 30, 2017 by GregC

Ian Tuttle of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America celebrate the House passing “Kate’s Law” and agreeing to further crackdowns on sanctuary cities. They also discuss the dismal financial prospects of Illinois, which has racked up massive amounts of debt and that additional tax increases cannot solve despite the insistence of Democrats. And they contemplate the partisan fallout if Twitter releases a “fake news” button for its site. Finally, they extol the genius of America as they prepare to celebrate Independence Day and the Three Martini Lunch pauses until July 5.

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Filed Under: News and Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: fake news, financial crisis, illegal immigration, Illinois, Kate's Law, Martini, National Review, sanctuary cities, Twitter

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