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1/3/2023 2:42:46 PM
 
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Section 4: President & Congress Subject: Trump's Freedom of Information Plan Msg# 1180133
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I don't want to get off on a public utilities rather than media argument, and we are both entitled to our opinions, but I'll say this. I'm very much in favor of making room in the marketplace for companies who speak from all sides of the spectrum. You probably know that YouTube, owned by Google, is a left wing operation, and has both stifled and banned many of its channel owners for the usual too conservative and thus unacceptable to YouTube reasons. A couple years ago a similar competing service called Patreon was created and continues to grow. Patreon makes no bones about being a conservative network where conservative content creators can flourish. While it is an uphill battle to fight the left wing giants online--and all the big ones are decidedly left wing, it's possible. Years ago Fox News became the first conservative voice on television at a time when rabidly left wing networks ruled the TV airwaves. Fox continues to flourish. Today we have, if not a conservative, at least an open-minded new owner in Elon Musk now running Twitter, one of the largest blather-sites online, and that can only be a good thing.
Ideally, of course, we need to get the government out of private business, whatever it may be. But that is large problem, because the far left, woke part of the Democrat Party has its tendrils in everything, including of course the federal government. That is the problem we really have to solve. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I still believe that the government should not be influencing censorship in any way, shape or form. Exactly. No problems with the constitution if that would be occurring. Yet newspapers are generally loaded with opinion reports, [and are signed by the writers.] Very selective, partisan stuff. Even among reports that are labeled as news. So this generally means newspapers are the most polarized. Thus can seem "further out" than TV. But the minute by minute style of electronic reporting should be very close to a Joe Friday style -- just the facts man.... A goal along the lines you've mention above, and that I'd also endorse. And seems closer to public utilities situation. My two cents |
