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Democracy doesn’t require truth police
It needs a free marketplace of ideas.
Editorial Board | The Washington Post | July 31, 2026
Jul 31, 2026
“It became fashionable a few years ago for people to blame “misinformation” for others holding views they found wrongheaded. Social media platforms, sometimes jawboned by the federal government, invoked this supposed crisis to justify censorship, especially during the pandemic. This insulted the intelligence of the American people, who can make up their own minds without being told what to think.”
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