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The idea of Fake News came about during the last presidential election. The, what passes for thinking\u201d among the Progressive Liberal Democrats is that one of the reasons Felonia von Pantsuit lost was due to all the web sites writing about rumors of Felonia\u2019s criminality. If these sites had been banned, the \u201cthinking\u201d goes, then the rubes, rednecks, and peons in Flyover Country would have never voted for Donald Trump, and we would now be entering a new golden age of Clintonism.<\/p>\n
Needless to say, this is a really dumb idea, but then this IS California, land of the Barking Moonbats and Social Justice Warriors. Here are the details of their latest bit of lunacy from Heatstreet<\/a>:<\/p>\n Next week, the California Assembly will be one of the first legislatures to try to ban so-called \u201cfake news,\u201d and it could have sweeping ramifications for social media users across the state. <\/b><\/p>\n The bill, filed Wednesday in the Assembly\u2019s Committee on Privacy and Consumer Affairs, seeks, essentially, to make it a crime to be wrong on the Internet. The text of the bill implicates anyone who writes, publishes or even <\/b>shares<\/b><\/em> news stories they know could be false, if those news stories later have an impact on an election.<\/b><\/p>\n 18320.5. It is unlawful for a person to knowingly and willingly make, publish or circulate on an Internet Web site, or cause to be made, published, or circulated in any writing posted on an Internet Web site, a false or deceptive statement designed to influence the vote on either of the following: <\/b><\/i><\/p>\n (a) Any issue submitted to voters at an election. <\/b><\/i><\/p>\n (b) Any candidate for election to public office.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Well, it looks like they plan on putting every single campaign operative in jail, along with about 95 percent of the \u201cJournalists\u201d out there.<\/p>\n The bill does say that you have to \u201cknowingly and willfully\u201d make reference to a set of \u201calternative facts,\u201d but it doesn\u2019t give details on who would determine a story is \u201cfake news\u201d or, for that matter, what a \u201cfake news\u201d story even is. <\/b><\/p>\n Determining who would decide something was \u201cFake News\u201d would be rather important. I\u2019m sure whoever the California Commissariat selected would be completely honest, above board and always erring on the side of caution.<\/p>\n Based on the approach taken in the wake of the 2016 campaign, \u201cfake news\u201d seems to mean a host of different things, from wrong-headed political opinions, to stories that look fishy and are later proven to be false or misleading. Based on this law, it also seems to include any story posted on social media that appears to be politically biased, or comes from any source with an editorial slant.<\/b><\/p>\n And that means arrest warrants for everyone at MCNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, the New York Times, The Boston Globe, etc.<\/p>\n The bill also seems to infringe on Constitutional guarantees of free speech. <\/b><\/p>\n And, lately, too, the bill would definitely sweep up mainstream media sources in its \u201cfake news\u201d dragnet. <\/b><\/p>\n Fortunately for the cause of free speech, California state legislators are already expressing discontent with the bill, and the Electronic Freedom Foundation\u2014not exactly the most conservative organization\u2014is weighing in, citing Constitutional concerns. <\/b><\/p>\n Oh I\u2019m not worried. I\u2019m sure these morons will pass this totalitarian piece of crap and send it to Governor Moonbeam. I also have no doubt that Governor Moonbeam, once he puts his toy trains away, will sign it with a flourish.<\/p>\n As soon as that incompetent boob signs it, someone will be in a federal court getting a restraining order pending a full hearing within about 15 minutes. Unlike the illegal rulings regarding President Trump\u2019s Executive Orders regarding a temporary hold on some visa\u2019s, this is one that the courts can rightfully toss into the ash can. Still, it does demonstrate the utter and complete contempt for the Constitution of the United States that most Progressive have. So, when is California leaving? I\u2019m getting tired of waiting.<\/p>\n Thatisall<\/p>\n ~The Angry Webmaster~<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n [yasr_visitor_votes size=”large”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Good day all. Once again, the People\u2019s Democratic Republic of Californistan is looking to ban words that they don\u2019t like. In this case, they have decided that they want to legislate a ban on so called \u201cFake News.\u201d Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n