Zuckerberg says he's unaware of Facebook pushback for liberal groups after conservative targeting

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I would go further and say a lot of these huge media conglomerates need to be broken up as well.

They don't need to be broken up. News just needs to stop being forced to be an organizational revenue/profit center. As long as news units have that burden, they will operate like entertainment units.

• Entertainment is about giving viewers/listeners content they like.
• News is about giving viewers/listeners information regardless of whether they may like or do not like what they learn.

One need only look at news like PBS Newshour or ITN to see how dull, but comprehensive, level headed and accurate real news and commentary is and ought to be. They just don't deliver that inflammatory self-affirming (for the viewer) crap that one gets from cable news networks.

 

[usmcstinger]

Both the Democratic and Republican members of the Committee asked stupid questions. Obviously, they had no understanding of what Facebook is all about.

 

[Baz Ares]

DANG You go Girl.!

 

[JimBowie1958]

Mr Trump should buy CNN then scuttle it

-Geaux

I think he wants to drive the price down on it a little more first.

 

[JimBowie1958]

I would go further and say a lot of these huge media conglomerates need to be broken up as well.

They don't need to be broken up. News just needs to stop being forced to be an organizational revenue/profit center. As long as news units have that burden, they will operate like entertainment units.

• Entertainment is about giving viewers/listeners content they like.
• News is about giving viewers/listeners information regardless of whether they may like or do not like what they learn.

One need only look at news like PBS Newshour or ITN to see how dull, but comprehensive, level headed and accurate real news and commentary is and ought to be. They just don't deliver that inflammatory self-affirming (for the viewer) crap that one gets from cable news networks.

"All we gots to do is bell the cat; simple"

 

[Coyote]

I would go further and say a lot of these huge media conglomerates need to be broken up as well.

They don't need to be broken up. News just needs to stop being forced to be an organizational revenue/profit center. As long as news units have that burden, they will operate like entertainment units.

• Entertainment is about giving viewers/listeners content they like.
• News is about giving viewers/listeners information regardless of whether they may like or do not like what they learn.

One need only look at news like PBS Newshour or ITN to see how dull, but comprehensive, level headed and accurate real news and commentary is and ought to be. They just don't deliver that inflammatory self-affirming (for the viewer) crap that one gets from cable news networks.

I think they need both.

 

[Manonthestreet]

On February 4, 2004, The Pentagon killed a project to amass personal browsing and viewing habits of American citizens. On the same date, Facebook launched. Doesn't seem like a coincidence. Brutalist

 

[Dan Stubbs]

The former chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission, who famously eyed regulating the politics of conservative outlets like the Drudge Report, has joined an advocacy group funded by George Soros and run by his son.Ann Ravel is the first fellow listed with the California advocacy group New America.Her fellowship began in March and pays a $30,000 stipend."We want to help amplify the work of each of our fellows, both to help them better articulate and reach their target audience, and to raise their profiles as change-makers," according to the group.Since leaving the FEC, Ravel has continued to speak out for more election regulation, especially on the internet where she sees political advertising shifting to in the next presidential contest.Was A Special Prosecutor For President Trump Inevitable?
She has applauded calls for regulating political speech and spending on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and this week endorsed tracing the funding of online ads and regulating individual Twitter accounts. In a tweet, for example, she drew attention to a report of a Twitter supporter of Donald Trump named "Amy" who the San Francisco Examiner could not find.Ravel tweeted, "Searching for proof of Amy. FEC allows anonymous internet political ads & refuses to regulate foreign $-leads 2 this."
New America receives funding from the Soros group Open Society Foundations and it is run by Soros son Jonathan Soros.Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at [email protected] Report YouTube George Soros Twitter FEC Facebook Washington Secrets Paul Bedard

 

[Dan Stubbs]

Cruz wisely exposed him. Appears FB wants to be publishers, not a provider of a platform between private citizens and a communication device for government.

Zuckerberg says he's unaware of Facebook pushback for liberal groups after conservative targeting

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers Tuesday that he was "not specifically aware" of any instance where the social network had removed content posted by liberal groups amid concerns that the platform is biased against conservatives.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Zuckerberg that "a great many Americans" are "deeply concerned that Facebook and other tech companies are engaged in a pervasive pattern of bias and political censorship." Cruz then ticked off a list of conservative content that he claimed had been "suppressed" by Facebook, "including stories about [2012 GOP presidential candidate] Mitt Romney [and] stories about the Lois Lerner IRS scandal."

"In addition to that, Facebook has initially shut down the Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day page ... has blocked over two dozen Catholic pages, and most recently blocked Trump supporters Diamond and Silk’s page – with 1.2 million Facebook followers -- after determining their content and brand were 'unsafe to the community.'

The prick lied through his teeth.....typical liberal

Agree.

I was flipping the radio dial and caught Limbaugh naming name and the connections between the Media and Politicians and could not change stations. Seems they are all connected with the DC swamps. Mulier sp? spouse was running for a Senate seat and was funded 700,000.00 by a donation from the Clinton Fund this is a conflict of intrest and appears not right. Yet the rest of the story does not stop hear.