The New York Times has an editorial this morning taking the position that the First Amendment protects both "animal cruelty videos" that include "depictions of animals being crushed or mutilated" and also "the sale of violent video games to minors." The Times has also, in the past, said that the First Amendment should allow Americans to provide "material support" to terrorist groups. What the First Amendment doesn't protect, in the Times's view, is the ability to run a television commercial about a political issue without disclosing your identity or your funding sources. The Times editorialists are First Amendment absolutists regarding everything except for the political speech that the First Amendment was intended to protect in the first place.
The Times and the First Amendment
https://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2010/08/the-times-and-the-first-amendment
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