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The conversation about being open to rebel thinking and the risk of the slippery slope into crazy ideas: Isn’t acknowledging this risk what has made America exceptional - the reason for checks and balances in the constitution? And I think our laws or regulations can be evaluated based on this same rubric. If a law is designed to check and balance power it is does so much more for the public interest than when they get into telling people how to live their lives or telling businesses how to operate, or health care professionals what protocols to implement. I know many in this group think that any government rules for the press are necessarily wrong. But I believe that rules designed to check and balance the power of the press have had the benefit of protecting freedom of press from the influence of ad money and benefits the public interest.

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