Jeffrey Lord papundits.wordpress.com Jeffrey Lord is a Contributing Writer for NewsBusters So here was the headline from The New York Post: “AOC says Congress may form commission to ‘rein in’ media after Capitol riot.” Said the Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “There’s absolutely a commission that’s being
Dr. Joseph Mercola articles.mercola.com STORY AT-A-GLANCE * The COVID-19 pandemic has provided many governments with an excuse to crack down on journalists who counter government narratives. Globally, at least 14 journalists have been arrested for “unfair and imprecise coverage” of the pandemic * Worldwide, 387 journalists were
It’s a tough enough battle defending free speech against the censorious left. It’s even worse when gutless so-called “conservatives” take their side. “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity,” indeed. Politicians such as the Australian Prime Minister have constantly demanded more
Corinne Weaver Alec Schemmel newsbusters.org Amazon Web Services filed a lawsuit on Jan. 12 that stated, “Compelling AWS to host content that plans, encourages, and incites violence would be unprecedented.” However, the platform has no problem hosting content on Amazon that says, “kill the rich” and glorifies the Columbine
Alec Schemmel newsbusters.org Parler isn’t the only free-speech-friendly tech company facing backlash from the riot at the U.S. Capitol. A new tech startup created by former Republican candidate for Congress Elizabeth Heng, called “The New Internet,” has also been targeted, according to Heng. Heng said
When a breakaway group from the “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington last week invaded the US Capitol building, the left-elite swung into action, quicker than you could say “Reichstag fire”. The media immediately pointed the finger at “extreme right social media” such as Gab and Parler, ignoring the
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young
Douglas Andrews papundits.wordpress.com A noted researcher points an accusatory finger at Google. Whatever the result of the 2020 presidential election, we can’t say Robert Epstein didn’t warn us. Robert who? you ask. Exactly. Epstein, a Democrat, is also a Harvard-educated behavioural psychologist and the former
ACT Party Free Speech is as big as all the other problems combined because it’s the key to solving them. We must protect it from so-called hate speech laws the Government is threatening this year. To give them credit, the Government recognizes a real problem. There are too
Joseph Vazquez papundits.wordpress.com There’s a high price to pay for banning President Donald Trump from social media platforms, and both Twitter and Facebook are feeling the massive bite out of their wallets for doing just that. Both Twitter and Facebook “have collectively seen $51.2 billion erased
In Part One of this series I looked at alternatives to YouTube and provided the following list. * Rumble rumble.com * DailyMotion dailymotion.com/nz * Vimeo vimeo.com * Vevo hq.vevo.com (Music) * Metacafe metacafe.com * TED ted.com/#/ * GAG TV 9gag.com/video * Internet Archives Video Section archive.org/details/
“I’m confident that by the end of the month, we’ll be back up” Parler CEO John Matze Parler CEO John Matze believes that the “free speech” alternative social network will soon be fully operational again, telling Fox News on Sunday about several steps the website is taking to
Jon Miltimore mercatornet.com Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, The
Peter Murphy papundits.wordpress.com Peter Murphy is Senior Fellow at CFACT. He has researched and advocated for a variety of policy issues, including education reform and fiscal policy, both in the non-profit sector and in government in the administration of former New York Governor George Pataki. He previously
