impuretrash
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They are no different than any other media outlet who can pick and choose their contentPrivate internet sites can censor anything they wantWho said the Left are fascists?
Both The New York Times and Washington Post blasted the free speech position taken by President Donald Trump last week.
World leaders, led by New Zealand, united around the Christchurch Call to demand stronger internet censorship. This followed the deadly Christchurch terror attack that killed 51 people. President Trump not only refused to sign on, but established a censorship reporting hotline.
That didn’t sit well with major liberal news outlets. Both The Washington Post and The New York Times have written scathing pieces blasting the Trump administration. The Post condemned Trump for waging an “evidence-free assault on social media sites for supposedly censoring conservative voices.”
Opinion writer at large Charlie Warzel wrote in The Times that while he understands that online content regulation can be a ”minefield of unintended consequences” he asserted that for Trump, “to turn one’s back on that commitment isn’t just lazy, its shameful.”
Much like Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord, the liberal rhetoric on this has been schizophrenic. At the same time that they have stressed that this is a mere “ceremonial” or “informal international pact,” the media have expressed panic that Trump has refused to join.
Trump Defends Free Speech, Liberal Media Condemn Him
Even USMB
That's the talking point, anyway. Seems pretty hypocritical, coming from those who rail against corporate influence over our political system and such.
That has nothing to do with what I said. The normally anti-corporate left has turned into massive hypocrites on the subject of social media censorship.
And the normally anti-regulation, free market loving right is now clamoring for government intervention and a fairness doctrine for social media platforms. Massive hypocrites indeed.
Eventually the American right will have to choose which is more important, preserving tradition and ensuring the survival of the nation, or the globalism and moral degeneracy created by unrestricted capitalism.