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I think it is also partially because many people have become accustomed to having a left-leaning media that espouses a certain viewpoint. So in yesteryear the v
by woweoe 4y ago
I think it is also partially because many people have become accustomed to having a left-leaning media that espouses a certain viewpoint. So in yesteryear the viewpoint might have been very liberal New York or LA, and nowadays it is possible to see a similar "bias" on news outlets like Reddit where the moderation has turned everything into certain left-wing viewpoints US-centric echochambers. A lot of the internet forgets that FOX News is technically a young media network.
And the fact is that most Americans are actually on the fence on the abortion issue, although most people are also against a full-on ban against abortion which the media is focusing on. The media has been presenting a very narrow view in the past, and now you are just getting exposed to the full spectrum of viewpoints on the internet.
Reddit I think is the best counterargument against further moderation of social media. The moderation outside the US at least is wholly haphazard and out-of-touch with mainstream views in said localities. For example if a left-wing American were to actually go around asking how Scandinavians themselves viewed their socialist paradise nordic welfare state as being viable, the response would be something that might be against left-wing interests, and they would be banned on Reddit. Similarly the way the media has supported Muslims and the on-the-ground Islamophobia in Europe and Asia are widely apart, and most of these people would be blanket-banned on Reddit as well.