Discussion: RNC Slams Facebook Over Report Of Conservative Media 'Censorship'

I wasn’t aware Facebook was running for president.

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So true. They didn’t once report on Operation Jade Helm or what’s happening with Agenda 21.

It really IS a conspiracy.

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the RNC was said to be similarly offended and upset by Fox News and Breitbart and Stormfront. hahaha. just kidding, obviously.

“We are thrilled to have something to whine about, rather than spending another day trying to spin Trump’s actions. Thanks, Facebook!”

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For the last time (I hope)–“censorship” is government suppression of ideas. If it is a private party, then they simply disagree, as is their right under A1.

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You say “Conservative Outrage” I say

SQUIRREL!!

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In other news, the RNC has announced it’s launching an alternative to Facebook called MaceBook. They hope it will be as successful as Conservapedia.

In the meantime, they are directing all of their dedicated followers to

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The RNC should maybe use their time trying to keep their party from imploding. I mean, I’m fine that they’re not but it’s adorable that they think they have the bandwidth to do anything else.

ummm… once again the RNC displays complete ignorance of the Constitution and the law…

Facebook is a corporation, a people in SCOTUS parlance, they’re actually ALLOWED to do what they like with editorial policy…

you might not like but if you think you’re a ‘free enterprise capitalist’ tough shit…

start an RNC version of Facebook… free market competition will decide the issue if you really believe what you say…

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FOX: This is corporate sponsored fascism. You are only supposed to suppress Liberal/Democratic viewpoint.

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The RNC has to do something to keep the base angry and fired up, and so they don’t actually get around to asking Trump for details about what he has promised to do.

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Facebook, the Soviet East Berlin of the web…

Businesses make decisions about what to embrace all the time. Old Navy puts up an ad with an interracial couple; Target reiterates their bathroom policy; a local butcher shop here gives a discount if you’re openly carrying a weapon.

That said, I (and probably a good number of other Facebook users) look forward to the people upset about this actually pulling off a successful boycott for once.

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Rinse’n’Spin tilting at nonthreatening windmills.

Thought I’d repost my comment from another thread on this topic from yesterday since I see this story just won’t die a natural death like it should…

Facebook is a private company. You don’t see the mainstream media up in arms about Faux Nooze leaving out Liberal-leaning stories “trending” in the media that favor a more progressive viewpoint…and they claim to be a fucking actual news service. The entire hullabaloo is being ginned up by the corporate-owned media, especially on cable news, with absolute no sense of irony. Its such bullshit from the start. This is how we got stuck with “both sideism” and “the liberal lamestream media”, through the same efforts at arm-twisting and intimidation tactics by conservative operatives working the refs to skew the news. This is why the media no longer leans unapologetically in any liberal direction anymore either, and we’re stuck with shit-for-brains reporting by conservative owned media conglomerates for the most part. And so it continues…

They did the same thing years ago complaining about HuffPo being a liberal news aggregator when Obama first ran for President until eventually they succumbed to the criticism and now is nothing but a hot mess of conservative bullshit with some liberal reporting scattered throughout. The same conservatives worked the news gods and refs there too. HuffPo is a shell of its former self and along with unceasing tabloid bullshit for clickbait, ‘caved’ into becoming a horrible source for original reporting for the most part too.

Edit to add: Facebook has no obligation to post Conservatard media stories, even if Republicans argue over stupid algorithms. If you don’t want to use Facebook…leave and find yourself another social media product you can believe in that shares your values. Otherwise, STFU and quit your whining.

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And the single anonymous “source” of a fired employee is the genesis of this whine-fest/working the ref.

#GOPcryingLame

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Hell, Faux Nooze doesn’t even cover the sitting President of the United States, unless its derogatory, simply because he’s a Democrat…as if that’s ‘liberal news’. They don’t even try to pretend they’re a news source for all people. They just offer skewed news for skewed little minds. And you rarely see the mainstream media going after Faux for its dereliction of duty when it comes to reporting actual fucking news. There’s so much hypocrisy in the news business these days. Its barely worth defending, but Facebook can do whatever it wants for all I care. Don’t like it…go somewhere else.

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stories highlighted in the trending section, Facebook has the power to greatly influence the presidential election

These ‘people’ are most likely already occupied doing things the pop-up ads are demanding of them…

In today’s episode of “Working the Refs”… (yawn)