Hannity SCHOOLS Top Tech Journo Swisher After She Slams Fox News

Alexander Hall
April 1st, 2020 4:50 PM
One of the internet’s foremost tech journalists accused Fox News of spreading a “fake news contagion,” downplaying COVID-19, and Fox News host Sean Hannity fired back. Recode co-founder and New York Times contributor Kara Swisher has a history of hating Fox News. She  condemned Fox News in her op-ed “Fox’s Fake News Contagion,” on March 31 and quipped that consuming Fox News content is like “…
 

Twitter ‘Mistakenly’ Suspends, Then Reinstates Iran’s Supreme Leader

Alexander Hall
March 31st, 2020 5:49 PM

Is Twitter going easy on dictators because the platform is too busy censoring conservatives? Several Twitter accounts belonging to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were suspended early Tuesday March 31, according to Al Arabiya English. Khamenei maintained multiple accounts in various languages that would tweet to audiences that spoke English, Farsi, Russian, and Spanish. After…

 

Twitter Censors Laura Ingraham for Violating Coronavirus Rules

Heather Moon
March 31st, 2020 5:16 PM

Fox News host Laura Ingraham ran afoul of Twitter’s new Coronavirus rules, and was punished for it. Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) tweeted: "Lenox Hill in New York among many hospitals already using Hydroxychloroquine with very promising results. One patient was described as ‘Lazarus’ who was seriously ill from Covid-19, already released."

 

Will Facebook’s $100M Investment to News Help Address COVID-19 Crisis?

Alexander Hall
March 31st, 2020 12:37 PM
Facebook is committing 100 million dollars toward local journalism hit hard in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Facebook has reportedly already invested $300 million in local news companies, but following recent events, Facebook will commit $100 million more. Facebook VP of Global News Partnerships Campbell Brown announced via a company blog on March 30 that Facebook will be making this…
 

Twitter Censors Rudy Giuliani, Charlie Kirk for Virus Violations

Corinne Weaver
March 30th, 2020 2:44 PM

Twitter was reportedly very eager to take down any tweets about hydroxychloroquine and coronavirus. But now that the FDA has approved the drug for the treatment of coronavirus, will Twitter restore some of the tweets it censored? A tweet from President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani and another tweet from Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk were removed from Twitter on March 27. Both…

 

Occupy Democrats Posts Facebook Meme Asking GOP Senators ‘to Die’

Corinne Weaver
March 27th, 2020 2:30 PM
Is it "hate speech" when liberals call for people to commit suicide? Occupy Democrats, a very popular liberal Facebook page with more than 8.6 million followers, posted a screencap of a tweet on March 26 that wished for the suicide of two Republican senators.
 

Is PolitiFact Hiding Efforts to Sneak Abortion Funding in Virus Bill?

Alexander Hall
March 26th, 2020 5:26 PM
Conservative news sources are calling out fact-checkers for ignoring inconvenient truths. PoltiFact, a fact-checking website acquired by the Soros-funded Poynter Institute in 2018, denied that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) had attempted to put abortion funding measures in the upcoming relief bill. 
 

Twitter Censors The Federalist for ‘Violating’ Coronavirus Rules

Corinne Weaver
March 26th, 2020 3:52 PM
Twitter released a policy stating that it would restrict and remove content that would “place people at a higher risk of transmitting COVID-19.” But while some articles are left up, other articles from conservative outlets receive the ban hammer. Conservative news outlet The Federalist was locked out of its Twitter account on March 26, 2020, for a piece written by dermatologist Douglas A.…
 

Facebook Launches Project to Aid Churches During COVID-19 Pandemic

Alexander Hall
March 25th, 2020 3:44 PM
Facebook is now aiding religious groups with a new initiative for “[k]eeping your faith community connected through the COVID-19 outbreak.” The site launched its “Faith on Facebook Resource Hub” to help religious communities reach out to their followers on March 25 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.. The Hub includes step-by-step guides on managing Facebook groups and donations and also has a…
 

Twitter Censors James Woods for Sharing Scandalous Pic of Democrat

Corinne Weaver
March 25th, 2020 12:12 PM
Actor James Woods has run afoul of the Twitter sheriffs — again. Sara Miller, his girlfriend, shared with Twitter on March 24 that her boyfriend had been locked out of Twitter, this time for sharing a picture of former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum.
 

Sasse, Gallagher Scorch Twitter and Demand Ban of Chinese Propaganda

Alexander Hall
March 24th, 2020 4:50 PM
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) and Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) signed a letter demanding that Twitter ban Chinese propaganda accounts. The two Republicans sent a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey demanding Twitter ban Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials and all foreign leaders who use Twitter while not allowing their citizens to do so. One egregious example was when Twitter allowed Spokesperson…
 

The Hill: Twitter Refuses to Tag Dem Video as ‘Manipulated Media'

Alexander Hall
March 24th, 2020 11:02 AM
Even liberal media outlets are condemning an anti-Trump ad for containing misinformation about President Donald Trump, but Twitter will not call it that..The bias against Trump has become so egregious that even The Hill and The Washington Post are calling it out. “According to emails reviewed by The Hill, the Trump campaign flagged new content on Twitter that it said had been deceptively edited…
 

Liberal Fact-Checker Lead Stories Fails to Fact-Check Dem Debate Clash

Alexander Hall
March 23rd, 2020 4:14 PM
If liberal fact-checker Lead Stories finds a fact that's inconvenient, it just ignores it. Lead Stories, one of Facebook’s official third-party fact-checkers, failed to fact-check the contentious Democratic debate between former Vice President Joe Biden (D) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on March 15. Lead Stories ignored the debate and its many controversial statements entirely. The Washington…
 

Fact-Checker Run by 8 CNN Alumni Slams Right 4X More than Left

Corinne Weaver
March 23rd, 2020 8:41 AM

Facebook currently relies on nine fact-checking organizations in the United States to help the platform “reduce” and “remove” problematic content. However, many of the people the company has put in charge of suppressing content are pushing a left-wing agenda.