https://thehill.com/homenews/3752982-cnn-to-elon-musk-after-sharing-fake-headline-be-better/
Musk’s tweet contained a screenshot of an image that falsely showed that CNN had run a chyron on the air saying that “Elon Musk could threaten free speech on Twitter by literally allowing people to speak freely.”
Readers online quickly pointed out that the image, first created in April, was fake and that no such headline had run on the network, and a link to an AP Fact Check was attached to the billionaire’s tweet.
“CNN aired no such report about Musk ‘threatening free speech,’ and the chyron was digitally altered to add the text,” the April fact check read. “The image purporting to be from a CNN broadcast originated on a satirical website.”
Yes, this is acceptable. The only speech that is not is that which demands harm or creates harm for others. You cannot shout "Fire" in a crowded theatre. You cannot tell people "Go attack that coloured guy over there". But other than that, free speech means lots of speech that simply won't be true.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, if truth was demanded then politicians would never open their mouths.