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Full Idea
What liberals call free speech or a free press is invariably paid speech.
Gist of Idea
Liberal free speech is actually paid speech
Source
Adam Gopnik (A Thousand Small Sanities [2019], 3)
Book Ref
Gopnik,Adam: 'A Thousand Small Sanities' [riverrun 2019], p.154
A Reaction
He give this as the left-wing view of liberalism. The much-hated social media are a substantial breech in this tendency. Sales of newspapers are declining everywhere, so the battle is for television channels.