On: The United States’ Unamendable Constitution

[WalterBright]

> The US is a free speech extremist country

Jeez, it is hardly extreme. BTW, free speech does not include libel, slander, specific threats, or inciting riots.

> we rank higher on the press freedom index

Canada does? Based on what? Note that no matter how extremely negative the press was about Trump, never once did the government make any legal threats against them about it.

[theluketaylor → WalterBright]

The US has the most expansive free speech laws in the entire world. Perhaps 'extremist' is a bit hyperbolic, but it's certainly true US free speech laws go far beyond any others.

Reporters Without Borders maintains a press freedom index. Their justification is detailed here: https://rsf.org/en/index

Canada ranks 19, the US 42

[pyuser583 → theluketaylor]

I’m sorry but this rating is a bit of a joke. It lists UK and France as having much freer press than the US.

I remember an interview with John Carreyrou, the French-American journalist who broke the Theranos scandal.

He said very clearly that if it had happened in France, no press outlet would have covered it.

Theranos had a board of trustees that included Henry Kissinger, a future secretary of defense, etc.

And the publisher of the, WSJ, Rupert Murdoch, had invested hundreds of millions.

I doubt it would have been published in the UK or Germany either.