Danish newspaper says they failed in coverage of Covid-19
One of the largest papers in Denmark says they failed their readers by only publishing official government statements about Covid, without due skepticism and questioning.
Facebook cracks down on discussing ‘hoes’ in gardening group
Facebook censors posts referencing the garden tool known as a “hoe”.
Should a “Confederate flag” be banned as part of a historical parade float?
Should groups portraying U.S. history be prohibited from displaying the “Confederate flag”?
Facebook arbitrarily censors MD, PhD, calling her factual post “spam”
An MD, PhD (epidemiology) finds her factual Facebook post mis-classified by Facebook’s auto-filters/auto-censors and thereby censored from view. She had linked to the original source of the information. Therefore, the message from FB is – do not cite your sources!
The role of media in establishing public consensus
Link to an essay on the role that “technical authority”, media propaganda, and how “consensus of experts” are used to influence the public and to exert control over us. This essay is an eye opener.
Climate scientists tried to censor film by director Michael Moore
Michael Moore’s film Planet of the Humans questions much of the “common wisdom” about solar power, wind energy and so forth and argues renewable energy has its own issues. Leading climate scientists sought to have the film censored from public viewing.
NY Times is concerned about “unfettered conversations” taking place online
According to the NY Times “Unfettered conversations” are taking place on a new cloud-based app. Is the NY Times suggesting all conversations should be monitored by the secret police or their proxies, the tech companies? This seems bizarre.
Newsweek becomes Newspeak, edits past stories to conform to today
Newsweek and the Washington Post have both done stealth edits to long ago articles and did so for political reasons. Trust journalism? Why?
“Deplatforming” Parler
The controversy over hostile social media content advocating violence, hate, and lies on social media – and the deplatforming of individuals and entire services (e.g. Parler).
Was Parler deplatformed for “conservative” ideas or for users advocating violence?
False: 10 of the 15 deadliest days in American history occurred in the past two weeks
This chart is making the rounds on social media. It leaves out so many things as to be declared False by me.