Tik Tok And The Telegraph And Foreign Control
By Bob Small
The venerable British newspaper The Daily Telegraph — founded June 29, 1855 — has been a Tory (conservative) mainstay but has become a source of controversy due to a proposed takeover by groups backed by the United Arab Emirates.
With Labour (liberals) attempting to stop it.
Baroness Stowall, of the House of Lords, has contacted all 170 Labor Peers, to suppport a law allowing Parliament reject any takeover of a news organization by any foreign country.
Because the UAE laws ban any direct criticism of the country’s ruler there is a rational reason not to allow this. The article states “Democracy depends on a healthy disdain for those in positions of authority”.
The Guardian, which is the left to the Telegraph’s right, also opposes the takeover. The Tory government is also considering amending existing legislation to prevent foreign takeovers.
Well, that’s only a problem they have across the pond. Surely, the US has laws to prevent this. Well, don’t we? US Senate to vote on Tik Tok ban Well, maybe our congress is finally waking up to the issue. Chinese propaganda has infiltrated our public schools, so why not our Internet.
According to an article updated in 2022, most of the top 25 companies, had US ownership. Only Rubert Murdoch (Australia) and (Axel Springer) (Germany) had roots outside the US.
Lastly, let’s move to radio giant Audacy, which is set to have the George Soros fund become the biggest shareholder.
Hungarian-born George Soros (1930) is noted for supporting what are considered progressive causes.
Among the Audacy Philadelphia market radio stations are sports Station 94.1 FM, and conservative talk radio 1210-Am. One assumes his ownership wouldn’t change the format but could we now have 1210 presenting the Larry Krasner hour, or “wake up and woke up” presented by the Philly Socialist Truth Party and…..nahh, never happen.
Tik Tok And The Telegraph And Foreign Control
Free speech isn’t dead in America, just the ability to do it publicly on internet platforms or any media outlets. If Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s commentary (in the form of questions) about the government’s ability to censor social media posts are any indication, the First Amendment’s free speech provisions will be diluted to meaninglessness. And, the last bastion of defense of the 1st, the so-called mainstream media, is entirely on board with that. The treatment of the J6 protestors who have been jailed for over three year without bail or trial and those who have been so harshly sentenced to date, ended the right of Conservatives to freely associate and to petition their government. I guess religious freedom is next on the totalitarian-for-our-own-good agenda of the Leftists who control our country and the RINOs who have failed to put a stop to it. How long will it take before the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th Amendments follow?