"...On his inaptly named Sunday morning program “Reliable Sources,” Stelter used his monologue to lambaste conservatives whom he asserts are promoting “dishonest cries of censorship” as he called it. He pointed fingers at Fox News and Tucker Carlson in particular.
“Democrats win elections and then Republicans say they are being silenced,” said Stelter.
But Tater isn’t the only liberal mouthpiece who wants to see Fox silenced.
But Tater isn’t the only liberal mouthpiece who wants to see Fox silenced.
- Margaret Sullivan of the Washington Post suggested that “corporations that advertise on Fox News should walk away.” That’s because, she says, Fox is partly responsible for 400,000 COVID deaths, as well as that Capitol riot on January 6. Something like that.
- Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times also called for “pressure on advertisers to withdraw from Fox News so long as it functions as an extremist madrasa.”
- Plus, Axios and Politifact would love to see a return to the Fairness Doctrine — dormant since the 1980’s — when the Federal Government enforced speech rules.
So Brian Stelter said that we need to control the spread of disinformation.
But don’t call it censorship.
Or even cancel culture.
Rather, call it “harm reduction.”...Read all.
No comments:
Post a Comment