Their actions come after a number of influential mainstream news and opinion partisans have headed down this same dangerous path-demanding that government "Cancel" conservative voices by silencing those who disagree with media partisans and those who control government.
The reporter's reasoning was that Fox News was "Disseminating disinformation about the November election results"-a claim that any rival cable network could make about the other.
Another recent example is Max Boot, an opinion columnist for The Washington Post, who implied that Fox News host Tucker Carlson was "The greatest threat to U.S. democracy," and called on cable providers to deplatform Fox News as well.
Perhaps the most egregious example of this is New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristof, who recently advocated that Fox News be put on trial for "Sowing sedition." His solution calls for the government to step in and deplatform media outlets, something Jefferson would have recoiled at.
If the government can arbitrate between what is and is not considered truth, the government has no check to keep itself accountable or honest to the people.
The First Amendment reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." In a democratic republic, we need the ability to communicate with each other without the fear of government reprisal.
In the modern age of partisan media and fake news, all this can be incredibly frustrating.
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/24/why-canceling-fox-news-would-be-terrible-for-america/
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