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This would require the government determine "the truth" which is probably a really bad idea.

I'm curious, how would you punish those who did not comply?

would it, or would it leave it up to the article publisher, but say IF AND WHEN you issue a retraction/correction, here is the way you must do it? I don't know that I agree with the proposal per se, but I think this specific criticism is misguided/wrong.

Say the fed implemented this as you described: Why would any news company bother issuing corrections then?

Publishers would just silently edit the article, forcing the federal government to monitor all news outlets content for changes. In the face of this daunting task, some naive senator would suggest that all news first be submitted to the fed for review.

The only solution to this problem is the nationalization of the news media, which would be a very bad thing. Sometimes the only way to win is not to play.

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