Truth

As the fog of WW 1 lifted across Europe three new dictators were coming to power. Hitler in Germany, Stalin in Russia and Mussolini in Italy. As their power grew they began to make changes and one change they all agreed with was the control of the news media. Each determined that it was necessary to control the message and they used the power of government to do so. In the United States we have the first amendment that guarantees free speech so we feel we are safe from such chicanery but a new threat has appeared that threatens our speech. The new threat is not the government but social media. They are not controlled by the government and can decide what is true and what is not. They merely have to declare that something is misinformation or disinformation and they can refuse to publish. If you feel you are unable to discern the truth on your own and prefer some third party to do that for you raise your hand.