IndustryStandardFeb 25

[Video] NBC cuts interview short after man points to private equity ruining his city instead of participating in nostalgia ramblings

https://lemmy.world/post/43562839

[Video] NBC cuts interview short after man points to private equity ruining his city instead of participating in nostalgia ramblings - Lemmy.World

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Show threadAlaknárFeb 25
Spineless bastards… Freedom of speech is a long forgotten dream over there.
Show threadwavebeam
They are spineless bastards, but the news does not have have an obligation to broadcast this dude’s opinions. No freedom of speech was violated in any sense of the words
Feb 25 at 8:08pmWeb
Show threadAlaknárFeb 25
He was literally asked a question and they were trying to stop him from answering because it didn’t go along the corpo line.
Show threadsome_kind_of_guyFeb 25
Yeah, it’s not like the FCC (a government agency) has been caught multiple times directly pressuring corporate media to toe the party line, or else. O wait…they actually have been
Show threadscutigerFeb 26

“Caught”

They did it out in the open, and definitely weren’t trying to hide it.

Show threadchortle_tortleFeb 25
I would say that freedom of speech as an ideal extends beyond just the law, and that if there is value in getting someone’s opinion “on the street” there is something to be said to them sharing views on predatory capitalism.
Show threadRuxiasFeb 25

Sure, no violation of freedom of speech by the letter of the law. Mission accomplished I suppose.

But instead we have structures and institutions funneling inconvenient opinions and lived experiences into the fringe - bit by bit - so that they may fizzle in silence.

And on an interview with the veneer of “regular people’s opinions”, why is this particular opinion being met with repulsion? Why would a journalist seek an opinion and determine this guy’s isn’t the “right opinion”? Why would an interviewer who is working as a professional chase a vapid discussion about nostalgia?