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I do. A candidate for political office being barred from posting campaign clips to YouTube is a threat to our democracy. Most average people view YouTube as th

I do. A candidate for political office being barred from posting campaign clips to YouTube is a threat to our democracy. Most average people view YouTube as the defacto video portal of the entire internet.

x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago
Once again, a candidate not being able to post to Youtube is not a threat to democracy. Nothing is stopping this candidate from posting this on their campaign site, or an RNC affiliated site or even Facebook where most of their supporters are likely to be.
- throwitaway1235 5y ago
  YouTube would be literally interfering with a democratic election. If threat is too strong a word, fine. But you can't deny that they are actively participating in public elections. We want that? We want to privatize democracy? I don't.
- prepend 5y ago
  > Once again, a candidate not being able to post to Youtube is not a threat to democracy. Yes it is. Youtube is a huge conduit for communication. Imagine if ABC banned a candidate. The argument that there’s still CBS and NBC are available is not relevant as a major media outlet is favoring a candidate by blocking their opponents. For small outlets it’s not an issue. But YouTube is the biggest video provider on the planet, not allowing a political candidate would be detrimental to democracy. Even if that candidate said stupid stuff like “world is flat.” People have to make their decision and as long as we’re a democracy, that choice should be individual.
  - 8note 5y ago
    Don't NBC and ABC and CBS ban lots of candidates? If you don't have a big enough chance at winning, you don't go to debates Mind you, news networks recently had a very strong preference towards the incumbent president, aligning their news to match the president's talking points, and having nightly calls to align their messages
    - prepend 5y ago
      They don’t ban candidates from running ads. They only air debates from candidates that meet some shared threshold. Once the candidates are locked in, they can’t give preferential air time to one over the other.
      - amanaplanacanal 5y ago
        Of course they can. Where did you get this idea? Do you think Fox News doesn’t give preferential treatment to certain candidates?

x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago

Once again, a candidate not being able to post to Youtube is not a threat to democracy. Nothing is stopping this candidate from posting this on their campaign site, or an RNC affiliated site or even Facebook where most of their supporters are likely to be.

throwitaway1235 5y ago
YouTube would be literally interfering with a democratic election. If threat is too strong a word, fine. But you can't deny that they are actively participating in public elections. We want that? We want to privatize democracy? I don't.
prepend 5y ago
> Once again, a candidate not being able to post to Youtube is not a threat to democracy. Yes it is. Youtube is a huge conduit for communication. Imagine if ABC banned a candidate. The argument that there’s still CBS and NBC are available is not relevant as a major media outlet is favoring a candidate by blocking their opponents. For small outlets it’s not an issue. But YouTube is the biggest video provider on the planet, not allowing a political candidate would be detrimental to democracy. Even if that candidate said stupid stuff like “world is flat.” People have to make their decision and as long as we’re a democracy, that choice should be individual.
- 8note 5y ago
  Don't NBC and ABC and CBS ban lots of candidates? If you don't have a big enough chance at winning, you don't go to debates Mind you, news networks recently had a very strong preference towards the incumbent president, aligning their news to match the president's talking points, and having nightly calls to align their messages
  - prepend 5y ago
    They don’t ban candidates from running ads. They only air debates from candidates that meet some shared threshold. Once the candidates are locked in, they can’t give preferential air time to one over the other.
    - amanaplanacanal 5y ago
      Of course they can. Where did you get this idea? Do you think Fox News doesn’t give preferential treatment to certain candidates?