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> "How exactly is trump promoting censorship here? Isn't he doing the exact opposite? Isn't he promoting free speech?" We are talking about a president who rou
by cphoover 8y ago
> "How exactly is trump promoting censorship here? Isn't he doing the exact opposite? Isn't he promoting free speech?"
We are talking about a president who routinely threatens punitive government actions against detractors. There exists a line between criticizing bad journalism, and using executive powers to threaten critics. The later is what dictators do.
In the case of Google, they maintain their search algorithm is not politically biased. Unless we have substantive evidence proving otherwise I see no reason not to believe them.
It seems what Trump is suggesting here, is a government regime controlling what search results we see... That is a very scary prospect, right now.
I have a brother working as a journalist, who toils away fact checking, all day long. I can assure you he and his colleagues do way more due-diligence, fact-checking, and gathering of supporting evidence, than the Office of the Press Secretary could even try to pretend to.
It's so easy to get up in a press-conference say something patently false, when you don't allow any dissent.
If you don't like criticism it's "Fake News".
If you can't see what Trump is doing when he calls the media "Anti-American", you have the wool over your eyes. It's dictator 101.