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> these agencies, many of whom need to balance "economic freedom / business friendliness" with the facts.

These agencies should not be concerned with anything other than facts and any attempt to interfere with them (as in balancing business friendliness with facts) should be considered a serious crime against the safety of the population.



Come on, these agencies balance things all the time. They have political interest.

All of these actions can be considered crimes against the safety of populations.

Just from this year:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-of...

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/06/08/8724198...

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/03/europe/europe-russia-vaccines...

https://www.bbc.com/news/55800921

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-52088167

They can’t be trusted to just stick to the facts.


That’s why we need to make laws that forbid misrepresentation of facts in public functions.




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