There is quite a dustup this morning over Dustin Gooding's claim that a council candidate from another race asked him to drop out of his race against incumbent Phylis Sanborn last year.
An article in the Galveston Daily News Today outlines the issues.
GDN Article!
Blogging has become an important tool for dissemination of news and the discussion of issues in League City as well as around the world. Bloggers are protected in many ways by the FCC Fairness Doctrine. This allows blogger to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was (in the Commission's view) honest, equitable and balanced. There are also issues such as the first amendment to contemplate. If Legal action against bloggers is pursued in this instance,it will silence an entire media that the people have to discuss and understand the issues in a convenient environment. It allows all the citizens to participate. If legal action is brought against bloggers, this will also bring a whole new aspect to a political process that has been rife with political mud slinging such as "Glass/brick/house" "Cash Cow" Mailers
etc. Will Legal action become the new tool to silence the truth or the opposition in League City? Is it in this case a justifiable tool to counter act a false claim? What if Dustin is telling us an accurate recount of the events, shouldn't he have a right to do so? Or is this much to do about a none event?
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