There is no way to go back to this. It’s about as feasible as getting rid of vehicles.

I am not saying we should go back to physical newspapers printed on paper. News can be published online... but whoever is publishing it has to stand behind it, and be prepared to face lawsuits from citizens harmed by false stories. This is feasible, and it is the only solution to the current mess.

	▲	nradov 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's horrifying that anyone would believe that censorship and control over news would be a solution to anything. The naivety of your comment is in itself an indictment of our collective failure to properly educate the polity in civics.
	▲	knome 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		A determined instigator could easily continue pushing modern yellow journalism with little problem under the system you propose. They simply need choose which negative stories they print, which opinions they run. How do you frame misrepresentation vs a differing point of view? How do you call out mere emphasis on which true stories are run. Truths are still truths, right? It's not infrequent today to see political opinions washed through language to provide reasonable deniability by those using it. Hell, it's not infrequent to see racism, bigotry and hate wrapped up to avoid the key phrases of yesteryear, instead smuggling their foulness through carefully considered phrases, used specifically to shield those repeating them from being called out. 'No no no. Of course it doesn't mean _that_, you're imagining things and making false accusations.'