House Dems Demand To Know Why Cable Outlets Aren't Censoring Right-Wing News...Disinformation and Extremism in the Media

You are a total DOLT if you don’t think media manipulation and bias is just WRONG!

Ha! We do it the old fashioned way. They only have power because it is given to them, just like the gov.

Constitution and bill of rights alive and well in the hearts and minds of those who matter.

Say goodbye to the first amendment!

anti democratic news and opinion should be banned

its anti establishment and goes against the common good.

by definition anti state opinions are traitorous.

This doesn't compare to what Trump did. All Congress is doing is asking cable providers to not transmit Fox, OANN and NewsMax because they destabilize our Democracy. This should be a breath of fresh air after Trump tweeted out "fake news" and said the media was the "enemy of the people". (and now he is banned for life). /s

anti democratic news and opinion should be banned

its anti establishment and goes against the common good.

by definition anti state opinions are traitorous.

Just admit you’re a commie, it will feel better.

Instead of spouting dumb shit like that. We should suppress certain media outlets because they’re anti democratic, do you know how oppressive and communist that sounds? Do you actually believe you’re pushing democracy with that shit?

Furthermore retard, We are not a democracy, we are a constitutional republic.

Fuck you people are morans.

Democrats are trying to repel free speech.....

“Yah but trump”

The personification of TDS right there!

Say goodbye to the first amendment!

Democrats killed America. Make sure your overseers write history correctly now.

Not even two months into their reign as the majority party that controls the White House and both houses of Congress, key Democrats have made clear that one of their top priorities is censorship of divergent voices. On Saturday, I detailed how their escalating official campaign to coerce and threaten social media companies into more aggressively censoring views that they dislike — including by summoning social media CEOs to appear before them for the third time in less than five months — is implicating, if not already violating, core First Amendment rights of free speech.

Now they are going further — much further. The same Democratic House Committee that is demanding greater online censorship from social media companies now has its sights set on the removal of conservative cable outlets, including Fox News, from the airwaves

The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Monday announced a February 24 hearing, convened by one of its sub-committees, entitled “Fanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media.” Claiming that “the spread of disinformation and extremism by traditional news media presents a tangible and destabilizing threat,” the Committee argues: “Some broadcasters’ and cable networks’ increasing reliance on conspiracy theories and misleading or patently false information raises questions about their devotion to journalistic integrity.”

Since when is it the role of the U.S. Government to arbitrate and enforce precepts of “journalistic integrity”? Unless you believe in the right of the government to regulate and control what the press says — a power which the First Amendment explicitly prohibits — how can anyone be comfortable with members of Congress arrogating unto themselves the power to dictate what media outlets are permitted to report and control how they discuss and analyze the news of the day?

But what House Democrats are doing here is far more insidious than what is revealed by that creepy official announcement. Two senior members of that Committee, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Silicon-Valley) and Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) also sent their own letters to seven of the nation’s largest cable providers — Comcast, AT&T, Spectrum, Dish, Verizon, Cox and Altice — as well as to digital distributors of cable news (Roku, Amazon, Apple, Google and Hulu) demanding to know, among other things, what those cable distributors did to prevent conservative “disinformation” prior to the election and after — disinformation, they said, that just so happened to be spread by the only conservative cable outlets: Fox, Newsmax and OANN.

[link to greenwald.substack.com (secure)]

democracy is the new america. it needs to be protected and nurtured. the conservatives are against the democracy party. this should not be allowed.

You stupid illiterate fuck. First, go back to grade school and learn BASIC literary skills.

Then, go learn some REAL history, where you will quickly find that America was never INTENDED to be a Democracy, which is mob rule. It was founded as a Representative REPUBLIC.

Ben Franklin was asked what he and the other founders had created, and he said "A Republic, IF you can keep it."

Even back then, he knew there would be evil shitbags like you, attempting to overthrow the Republic.

The Founders HATED Democracy, which is a EVIL form of government that always ends up a a dictatorship.

This doesn't compare to what Trump did. All Congress is doing is asking cable providers to not transmit Fox, OANN and NewsMax because they destabilize our Democracy. This should be a breath of fresh air after Trump tweeted out "fake news" and said the media was the "enemy of the people". (and now he is banned for life). /s

democracy is the new america. it needs to be protected and nurtured. the conservatives are against the democracy party. this should not be allowed.

You are a perfectly formed piece of turd on a dinner platter.

Hey,

They had a successful communist coup. Is anyone expecting anything less at this point?

We can say or think anything we want so long as it is the Approved version.

Goodbye First Amendment! It has been a great little expirement the last 244 years, but it’s time to get back to normal business.

You stupid illiterate fuck. First, go back to grade school and learn BASIC literary skills.

Then, go learn some REAL history, where you will quickly find that America was never INTENDED to be a Democracy, which is mob rule. It was founded as a Representative REPUBLIC.

Ben Franklin was asked what he and the other founders had created, and he said "A Republic, IF you can keep it."

Even back then, he knew there would be evil shitbags like you, attempting to overthrow the Republic.

The Founders HATED Democracy, which is a EVIL form of government that always ends up a a dictatorship.

Not even two months into their reign as the majority party that controls the White House and both houses of Congress, key Democrats have made clear that one of their top priorities is censorship of divergent voices. On Saturday, I detailed how their escalating official campaign to coerce and threaten social media companies into more aggressively censoring views that they dislike — including by summoning social media CEOs to appear before them for the third time in less than five months — is implicating, if not already violating, core First Amendment rights of free speech.

Now they are going further — much further. The same Democratic House Committee that is demanding greater online censorship from social media companies now has its sights set on the removal of conservative cable outlets, including Fox News, from the airwaves

The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Monday announced a February 24 hearing, convened by one of its sub-committees, entitled “Fanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media.” Claiming that “the spread of disinformation and extremism by traditional news media presents a tangible and destabilizing threat,” the Committee argues: “Some broadcasters’ and cable networks’ increasing reliance on conspiracy theories and misleading or patently false information raises questions about their devotion to journalistic integrity.”

Since when is it the role of the U.S. Government to arbitrate and enforce precepts of “journalistic integrity”? Unless you believe in the right of the government to regulate and control what the press says — a power which the First Amendment explicitly prohibits — how can anyone be comfortable with members of Congress arrogating unto themselves the power to dictate what media outlets are permitted to report and control how they discuss and analyze the news of the day?

But what House Democrats are doing here is far more insidious than what is revealed by that creepy official announcement. Two senior members of that Committee, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Silicon-Valley) and Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) also sent their own letters to seven of the nation’s largest cable providers — Comcast, AT&T, Spectrum, Dish, Verizon, Cox and Altice — as well as to digital distributors of cable news (Roku, Amazon, Apple, Google and Hulu) demanding to know, among other things, what those cable distributors did to prevent conservative “disinformation” prior to the election and after — disinformation, they said, that just so happened to be spread by the only conservative cable outlets: Fox, Newsmax and OANN.

[link to greenwald.substack.com (secure)]

They can pass any law they want now that they have a majority.
Anything unconstitutional will have to be challenged by some state official to the SCOTUS.
And hopefully the SCOTUS will do the right thing and uphold the Constitution.
Although, how hard is it to blackmail 3 or 4 SCOTUS justices to ignore the Constitution?