You brought up a point and then negated it in the same short post here. He is already doing that.
My bad. I was unaware Trump was meddling with that. Obviously, I can look this up and will, but I'm still going to ask. What is exactly is he doing?
You brought up a point and then negated it in the same short post here. He is already doing that.
Please show me the media personality or show that was canceled, like Kimmel and Colbert, because of direct FCC pressure to get rid of the personality? "Censor the right" was specifically anti-COVID 19 vaccine propaganda. Whether that pressure was right or wrong, it was about a public safety concern, not "He doesn't like me so he can't talk anymore."
You posted a tweet that says that broadcast licensee cannot lie and cause public harm. I suspect that is exactly the issue with the COVID-19 above. Please show me the public harm that Kimmel cause by giving his opinion that the killer was MAGA.
Your whataboutism is just as bad as Rynos.
And, there is NOTHING more hilarious than our neighborhood "libertarian" making no comments about the government crushing speech and the press but liking your post defending it. I don't even claim to be libertarian, but my left small toe has more libertarian in it than that pure MAGA guy that claims he is libertarian.
My bad. I was unaware Trump was meddling with that. Obviously, I can look this up and will, but I'm still going to ask. What is exactly is he doing?
Kimmel suspension is part of a pattern by Trump
Kimmel became the second late-night comic with a history of pillorying Trump to lose their show this year. CBS canceled Stephen Colbert’s show just days after he had criticized the network’s settlement of a lawsuit filed by Trump over its editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s opponent last fall.
CBS said the July move was made for financial reasons, but Trump celebrated it nevertheless while appearing to foreshadow this week’s developments: “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings,” he wrote on his social media platform at the time. “I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next.”
WATCH: CBS says Colbert cancelation was financial decision, but timing raises questions
ABC’s suspension of Kimmel on Wednesday came after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr made a pointed warning about the comedian on a conservative podcast earlier in the day: “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” he said.
Carr also launched an investigation into CBS and opened probes into public broadcasting networks after Trump persuaded Congress to defund them.
The Kimmel suspension has highlighted the president’s broader efforts to pressure journalists, media companies, and now comedians and commentators, to align with his views.
Trump also has targeted social media giants, claiming Meta dropped its fact-checking program partly because of his threats, which included jailing founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Even powerful media owners have appeared to bend under pressure. Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, whose companies have significant government contracts, killed an editorial endorsement of Democratic nominee Kamala Harris before the 2024 election and, like Meta, donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration. Disney-owned ABC News agreed to a $15 million settlement to resolve a Trump lawsuit.
JT, you are not good at this. You repeated your false equivalency in this very response.Hmm, I said they are equal? Can you point out where I said that?
I said the Biden Administration pressured a company to suppress content. The Trump administration pressured a company to suppress content.
I also understand some due to ideology will defend and makes excuses for the behavior of one side. You probably also thought there was nothing wrong with Biden creating a Disinformation Governance Board. I don’t agree. I don’t want our government getting involved with stifling speech.
THE F'ING WHITE HOUSE, CONTROLLED BY OBAMA AND BIDEN, PRESSURED THE LARGEST SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO CENSOR INFORMATION ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN TO HELP BIDEN GET ELECTED.
What a joke. You act like you're all high and mighty... better than everyone and you know best.... but in reality, you're full of ****.
THE F'ING WHITE HOUSE, CONTROLLED BY OBAMA AND BIDEN, PRESSURED THE LARGEST SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO CENSOR INFORMATION ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN TO HELP BIDEN GET ELECTED.
What a joke. You act like you're all high and mighty... better than everyone and you know best.... but in reality, you're full of ****.
Oh my. The kool-aid is deep within you.JT, you are not good at this. You repeated your false equivalency in this very response.
If you think I made pro-censorship comments here, produce them. The search function works well.
Even then, there is a big difference between a government pressuring misinformation during a pandemic and a president threatening to pull a broadcasting license because media on that channel hurt his feelings or was critical of him personally.
While you are at it, since you are into equivalencies, please show where Biden threatened to pull licenses or deplatform members of the media that said not nice things about him.
Otherwise, we all see through your "both sides" schtick. We know what side you constantly go to bat for and what side you continuously do mental gymnastics for.
The CEO of The Largest social media company on the planet wrote Congress telling them that this wasn't true and they....had decided not to run with the Hunter story but DID say the Biden administration pressed them on COVIDTHE F'ING WHITE HOUSE, CONTROLLED BY OBAMA AND BIDEN, PRESSURED THE LARGEST SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO CENSOR INFORMATION ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN TO HELP BIDEN GET ELECTED.
What a joke. You act like you're all high and mighty... better than everyone and you know best.... but in reality, you're full of ****.
The CEO of The Largest social media company on the plane wrote Congress telling them that this wasn't true and they....had decided not to run with the Hunter story but DID say the Biden administration pressed them on COVID
What are you talking about about
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Do you honestly think there was anything on Hunters laptop that needed further investigating?LOL, okay.
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Facebook execs suppressed Hunter Biden laptop scandal to curry favor with Biden-Harris admin: bombshell report
WASHINGTON — The FBI warned major US tech companies ahead of The Post’s first reports on Hunter Biden’s laptop in October 2020 that Russian agents were preparing a strikingly similar document dump — and once the scoop materialized, Facebook executives discussed calibrating censorshipjudiciary.house.gov
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Testimony Reveals FBI Employees Who Warned Social Media Companies about Hack and Leak Operation Knew Hunter Biden Laptop Wasn’t Russian Disinformation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On July 17, 2023, the House Judiciary Committee and Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government conducted a transcribed interview of Laura Dehmlow, the Section Chief of the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF).judiciary.house.gov
And the CEO of the company told Congress that they had taken the FBI warning. Looked into the Hunter Biden laptop story and decided on their own not to run with it and even said it was a mistake in their part they shouldn't have doneLOL, okay.
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Facebook execs suppressed Hunter Biden laptop scandal to curry favor with Biden-Harris admin: bombshell report
WASHINGTON — The FBI warned major US tech companies ahead of The Post’s first reports on Hunter Biden’s laptop in October 2020 that Russian agents were preparing a strikingly similar document dump — and once the scoop materialized, Facebook executives discussed calibrating censorshipjudiciary.house.gov
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Testimony Reveals FBI Employees Who Warned Social Media Companies about Hack and Leak Operation Knew Hunter Biden Laptop Wasn’t Russian Disinformation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On July 17, 2023, the House Judiciary Committee and Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government conducted a transcribed interview of Laura Dehmlow, the Section Chief of the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF).judiciary.house.gov
Just to be clear in 2020 social media companies suppressed information on hunter biden?LOL, okay.
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Facebook execs suppressed Hunter Biden laptop scandal to curry favor with Biden-Harris admin: bombshell report
WASHINGTON — The FBI warned major US tech companies ahead of The Post’s first reports on Hunter Biden’s laptop in October 2020 that Russian agents were preparing a strikingly similar document dump — and once the scoop materialized, Facebook executives discussed calibrating censorshipjudiciary.house.gov
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Testimony Reveals FBI Employees Who Warned Social Media Companies about Hack and Leak Operation Knew Hunter Biden Laptop Wasn’t Russian Disinformation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On July 17, 2023, the House Judiciary Committee and Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government conducted a transcribed interview of Laura Dehmlow, the Section Chief of the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF).judiciary.house.gov
Oh my. The kool-aid is deep within you.
Although I think I now understand your point. Kimmel was suspended for implying that Kirk’s killer was MAGA. You had multiple posts on this thread desperately attempting to claim the killer was Republican.
Apparently that is important you.
Kimmel suspension is part of a pattern by Trump
Kimmel became the second late-night comic with a history of pillorying Trump to lose their show this year. CBS canceled Stephen Colbert’s show just days after he had criticized the network’s settlement of a lawsuit filed by Trump over its editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s opponent last fall.
CBS said the July move was made for financial reasons, but Trump celebrated it nevertheless while appearing to foreshadow this week’s developments: “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings,” he wrote on his social media platform at the time. “I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next.”
WATCH: CBS says Colbert cancelation was financial decision, but timing raises questions
ABC’s suspension of Kimmel on Wednesday came after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr made a pointed warning about the comedian on a conservative podcast earlier in the day: “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” he said.
Carr also launched an investigation into CBS and opened probes into public broadcasting networks after Trump persuaded Congress to defund them.
The Kimmel suspension has highlighted the president’s broader efforts to pressure journalists, media companies, and now comedians and commentators, to align with his views.
Trump also has targeted social media giants, claiming Meta dropped its fact-checking program partly because of his threats, which included jailing founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Even powerful media owners have appeared to bend under pressure. Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, whose companies have significant government contracts, killed an editorial endorsement of Democratic nominee Kamala Harris before the 2024 election and, like Meta, donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration. Disney-owned ABC News agreed to a $15 million settlement to resolve a Trump lawsuit.
Oh, so you didn’t repeatedly claim on this board he was a Republican? By may count you desperately made this claim at least 5 times (here is just one example).
The guy was a Trump donor:
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There was bias and inconsistency with the 3rd parties. There always is and always will be, which is why I am generally against that sort of thing. I think twitter's community notes is probably the best implementation to do it since it is democratized/decentralized and does not remove the post, but that has significant flaws and can be influenced by bots. Its better to leave it alone altogether.I wasn't aware that Trump took credit for the fact check dismantle. If so, that would be similar executive pressure like the Biden admin.
Wasn't there some bias and inconsistency discovered with those third parties anyway? Is he stifling free speech from the left on social media? That's my main concern for the future; where does he stop?
JT, this is still a red herring. You wrote a check you cannot cash. Did you forget about saying this? I didn't.Oh, so you didn’t repeatedly claim on this board he was a Republican? By may count you desperately made this claim at least 5 times (here is just one example).
Then after that you attempting to downplay the assassination by repeatedly posting stats about right-wing violence is worse than left-wing.
You are a cultist. Everytime for a few embedded partisans on here it is always J(D)different.
Hmm, I said they are equal? Can you point out where I said that?
I said the Biden Administration pressured a company to suppress content. The Trump administration pressured a company to suppress content.
I also understand some due to ideology will defend and makes excuses for the behavior of one side. You probably also thought there was nothing wrong with Biden creating a Disinformation Governance Board. I don’t agree. I don’t want our government getting involved with stifling speech.