

The Case for Competition
Free Speech Health
- Free speech is increasingly upheld by centrists, leaving both extremes vulnerable.
- The health of free speech is declining, especially on college campuses and internationally.
Declining Free Speech Culture
- Free speech culture has declined, with fewer people believing in the right to hold different opinions.
- The current attacks on Jesse Singal exemplify this decline.
Trump and Media
- Trump's administration discussed suing media outlets, causing concern for free speech advocates.
- The ABC News settlement with Trump over a false statement, while not a legal victory for Trump, raises concerns about intimidation.

































































Jonah Goldberg has been feeling censored by the tyranny of Sarah Isgur lately, so he’s decided to bring in the big guns: Greg Lukianoff, the president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). Greg and Jonah discuss the current state of free speech writ large, the legal distinction between defamation and free expression as it relates to artificial intelligence and deepfakes, and what it really means to defend morally reprehensible speech.
Plus: a closer investigation into the intellectual history of the destruction of free speech and Greg’s evaluation of Elon’s Twitter takeover.
Show Notes:
—Greg’s recent piece for The Dispatch
—FIRE’s college free speech rankings
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