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Same reason they put a guy at CBS as a "bias monitor": https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-fcc-cbs-news-bias-censorship-60-minutes-rcna224423 htt

by duxup 1y ago

Same reason they put a guy at CBS as a "bias monitor": https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-fcc-cbs-news-bias-censorship-60-minutes-rcna224423 https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-fcc-cbs-ne... They want their guy to make sure things go their way / people say the "right" things.

piva00 1y ago
Didn't expect to see the USA employing press censors in my lifetime but here we are. In Brazil during the dictatorship it was common for newspapers to print cooking recipes in place of censored articles, now I'm waiting to see if media in the USA has the balls to play the malicious compliance game... I guess I won't see it since money is basically God in America.
- xboxnolifes 1y ago
  One could argue they're not the same, but there has been TV broadcast censors for decades in the US. They were still least following somewhat defined laws though.
  - tempodox 1y ago
    > They were still least following somewhat defined laws though. I expect them to continue to do so, except that uncle Donald is the law now.
throw310822 1y ago
> a guy at CBS as a "bias monitor" Kenneth Weinstein. "Mr. Weinstein has had a long career in right-leaning and neoconservative public policy circles. He is a firm and vocal champion of Israel." (NyTimes)
- throw0101d 1y ago
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_R._Weinstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_R._Weinstein
- hopelite 1y ago
  [flagged]
  - octopoc 1y ago
    I've been wondering if enough people would be single issue voters on the Israel question that we could actually get some sort of candidate who attracts a ton of voters from both traditional parties. It's ironic because (IMO) people like Ben Shapiro and other pro-Israel people deliberately divide us to prevent us from uniting against them, but the genocide has actually united us[1]. Just the other day I saw a Twitter post from one Cenk Ugyur reaching across the aisle and saying "good job" to right wingers who objected to hate speech laws against people who celebrated Kirk's assassination. Admittedly, if 68% of Americans are opposed to Israel that doesn't necessarily mean all of them are single issue voters... but I think this is the first issue I've seen in my lifetime that gets this close to uniting Americans. [1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/692948/u.s.-back-israel-military-action-gaza-new-low.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/692948/u.s.-back-israel-militar...
    - seattle_spring 1y ago
      Cenk Ugyur agreeing with right wing talking points is not "reaching across the aisle." Not even a little bit.
  - hopelite 1y ago
    So at least 5 accounts not only do see the value in dividing people into “left” and “right”, but they also were compelled to vote it down? Or was it just abuse of the system?
  - throwawayqqq11 1y ago
    We still have (hopefully) a democratic choice how this plays out, so the distinction between left/right is meaningful regarding political overreach (beyond the stereotypes propagandists like to attach). If you are arguing that the left is identical to the right in that regard, you truly deserve your downvotes. I mean ... leftist censorship-cancelation for no good reason.

by duxup 1y ago

piva00 1y ago

Didn't expect to see the USA employing press censors in my lifetime but here we are. In Brazil during the dictatorship it was common for newspapers to print cooking recipes in place of censored articles, now I'm waiting to see if media in the USA has the balls to play the malicious compliance game... I guess I won't see it since money is basically God in America.

xboxnolifes 1y ago
One could argue they're not the same, but there has been TV broadcast censors for decades in the US. They were still least following somewhat defined laws though.
- tempodox 1y ago
  > They were still least following somewhat defined laws though. I expect them to continue to do so, except that uncle Donald is the law now.

throw310822 1y ago

> a guy at CBS as a "bias monitor" Kenneth Weinstein. "Mr. Weinstein has had a long career in right-leaning and neoconservative public policy circles. He is a firm and vocal champion of Israel." (NyTimes)

throw0101d 1y ago
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_R._Weinstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_R._Weinstein
hopelite 1y ago
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- octopoc 1y ago
  I've been wondering if enough people would be single issue voters on the Israel question that we could actually get some sort of candidate who attracts a ton of voters from both traditional parties. It's ironic because (IMO) people like Ben Shapiro and other pro-Israel people deliberately divide us to prevent us from uniting against them, but the genocide has actually united us[1]. Just the other day I saw a Twitter post from one Cenk Ugyur reaching across the aisle and saying "good job" to right wingers who objected to hate speech laws against people who celebrated Kirk's assassination. Admittedly, if 68% of Americans are opposed to Israel that doesn't necessarily mean all of them are single issue voters... but I think this is the first issue I've seen in my lifetime that gets this close to uniting Americans. [1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/692948/u.s.-back-israel-military-action-gaza-new-low.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/692948/u.s.-back-israel-militar...
  - seattle_spring 1y ago
    Cenk Ugyur agreeing with right wing talking points is not "reaching across the aisle." Not even a little bit.
- hopelite 1y ago
  So at least 5 accounts not only do see the value in dividing people into “left” and “right”, but they also were compelled to vote it down? Or was it just abuse of the system?
- throwawayqqq11 1y ago
  We still have (hopefully) a democratic choice how this plays out, so the distinction between left/right is meaningful regarding political overreach (beyond the stereotypes propagandists like to attach). If you are arguing that the left is identical to the right in that regard, you truly deserve your downvotes. I mean ... leftist censorship-cancelation for no good reason.