This week, there is much ado about ‘fake news’. As if on cue (possibly because it was on cue), mainstream media
burst forth with stories about how terrible it is that irresponsible, evil people have access to the Internet and talk radio and are free to make up false and slanderous stories about our honorable leaders. It’s time, they say, to crack down on fake news and hate speech which, to them, means to outlaw dissemination of any information that is not approved by the honorable leaders themselves. ..." (More)