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Richard Blumenthal: “Well, the printing press never created anything. Ben Franklin ran a printing shop, and Ben Franklin would never have…”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2024
Well, the printing press never created anything. Ben Franklin ran a printing shop, and Ben Franklin would never have told us here that, 'Oh, it's not my fault. It's the printing press that did it.'
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal argues that responsibility lies with the creator, not the tool.

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