Censorship And Suppression Of Free Speech Online Is A ‘War Against Ideas’

Online giants such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter have been known to censor and suppress free speech that isn’t leftist in nature.  But it’s worse than that according to The Media Research Center, it’s a war against ideas.

Obviously, that’s harmful in and of itself.  It denies humans their most basic right: to be free to choose.  Of course, no one is saying one shouldn’t face the consequences of a wrong decision, but making the call for someone before they may even weigh all options for themselves is the height of a controlling master; one who seeks to become an even more tyrannical authoritarian.

The Media Research Center’s stunning new report titled “Censored! How Online Media Companies Are Suppressing Conservative Speech” takes a long hard look at the pervasive and deeply unethical censorship of conservative, libertarian, or voluntaryist viewpoints by major tech companies such as Twitter, Facebook, Google, and YouTube.  Basically, if you aren’t a leftist, your ideas of liberty and freedom cannot be heard, according to those same tech giants.

Among the many findings, Media Research Center analysts describe many of the tools used as nothing less than indoctrination via censorship, aka, a war on opposing ideas.  Such as, how these major tech companies work with groups that hate the right like the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The report also details that 12 of the 25 United States-based members of Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council are liberal and just one is conservative. It also focuses on “shadow-banning” and how it affects all of us – yes, even those liberals whose ideas are not currently under attack.  A Twitter engineer even bragged how about this nefarious practice could suppress and silence conservative voices.

But it isn’t only conservatives that have had concerns about censorship.  It’s anyone not professing leftist or pro-government ideals such as opposing a bigger and more powerful government or survivalism suggestions. People are actually being arrested for posts that aren’t violent on social media for having a clear liberty-minded ideal toward a government-free society, but in the meantime, preparing for the worst.

All this is going on while the entire state of California is seeking full-blown online censorship and the banning free speech altogether.  Meanwhile, people flee the state of California to escape the tyranny of the tax burden and a horrifying housing situation exponentially amplified by the leftists already in power there.

But of course, according to media giants, it’s “hate speech” to suggest that bigger and more government is not the solution to the problems wholly created by the government in the first place. Those who believe tyranny cannot come to the United States should take a look around because it’s already here and as of right now, has a strong hold on most of the population.

To say that censorship and free speech is a problem only conservatives have is incredibly disingenuous. Anyone who doesn’t tow the line and back up the mainstream media’s official narrative conveniently packaged and handcrafted by the government are all staring at the effects of tyranny right in the face.

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Confirmed: The mainstream media is directly working against Donald Trump and for the liberal establishment

(INTELLIHUB) — Since the moment Donald Trump captured the presidency in a stunning election victory, the mainstream media has largely conducted themselves as the opposition party to all things Trump and now an analysis by the Media Research Center has conclusively confirmed this sad fact.

Day in and day out the establishment media has almost exclusively attacked the president at a level that has literally never been seen before, with analysis by MRC documenting the stunning fact that 89% of the media coverage of Trump has been negative.

As the report reads, “The networks largely ignored important national priorities such as jobs and the fight against ISIS, in favor of a news agenda that has been dominated by anti-Trump controversies and which closely matches what would be expected from an opposition party.”

“For example, President Trump’s push to invigorate the economy and bring back American jobs received a mere 18 minutes of coverage (less than one percent of all airtime devoted to the administration), while his moves to renegotiate various international trade deals resulted in less than 10 minutes of TV news airtime.”

That’s right, the clear cut evidence actually supports the fact that the mainstream media is the opposition party, a claim made by Trump adviser Steve Bannon that was viciously attacked and whined about throughout the press.

For example, the establishment networks spent a whopping 223 minutes on Trump’s temporary travel ban with 93% of the coverage being negative while featuring a wide variety of anti-Trump voices spreading laughable propaganda about the executive order.

“The next-most-covered item (222 minutes) was the continuing probe of Russia’s presumed role in last year’s hacks of Democratic e-mails, and whether individuals connected to the Trump campaign may have participated in the scheme. While this topic generated only about half as many evaluative statements as the travel ban, an overwhelming 97% (153 out of 157) were critical of President Trump and his associates,” the MRC report continues.

The Trump push to replace Obamacare, his efforts at increased immigration enforcement, and claims of Obama wiretaps were also all topics that the mainstream media spent a large amount of time negatively covering.

Keep in mind, alternative news outlets such as Intellihub have continually claimed throughout the last three months that the mainstream media is actively working against the president as a sort of PR machine for the Democratic Party and now we have even more confirmation of this startling fact. This also highlights the increasingly important need for the public to support an independent press working outside the establishment.

Further Reading: 

• Honeymoon from Hell: The Liberal Media vs. President Trump

• Media gushed over Obama during his first 100 days

Alex Thomas is an opinion journalist and editor for Intellihub News. He was a founding member of what later became Intellihub.com and an integral part of the team that destroyed the mainstream media blockade on Bilderberg in 2012. You can contact him here.

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