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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Ed Morrissey: America Gets a Birthday Gift
Description: What better birthday gift could America get on Independence Day than a judicial order that dismantles an “Orwellian Ministry of Truth”? Federal judge Terry Doughty used that description of the massive censorship regime between the executive branch and social-media platforms in issuing an injunction to derail it. In his memorandum, the Louisiana judge noted that the supposed effort to combat “misinformation” turned into a political silencing project. “It is quite telling that each example or category of suppressed speech was conservative in nature,” Doughty ruled. “This targeted suppression of conservative ideas is a perfect example of viewpoint discrimination...