Source: CounterPunch
by David S D’Amato
“Americans suffer in large part because we don’t know our government‘s history, because we don’t care about that history. We root for our teams and we don’t notice or care until it’s too late. What we are watching play out today is an upshot of the fathomless ignorance and apathy of Americans who treat politics as professional sports or fake wrestling. Don Lemon’s case represents something close to the opposite of its portrayal in the corporate media. Rather than breaking with some pristine history of free speech and press freedom in our country, this moment represents our embarrassing history of noticing persistent constitutional violations only when they touch some celebrity.” (02/03/26)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/the-governments-long-war-on-free-speech/