Looks like the Biden team in the runup to and immediately before the 2020 Presidential election were colluding w/TwitterPosted By James Brown |
My position Rod, is that all outlets are biased. The degree of bias varies of course. I think this is not easily disputable. You like CNN and quote them a lot. They are far less biased than MSNBC, but do you really think CNN plays it down the middle? I do not. Taibbi otters a good theory as to why the press is balkanized now. I agree with him.Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
I disagree with Jim and I agree with James that this is a nothing burger. I see Jim isn't content to limit his contention to the contrary; he now includes Facebook as well.
Any degree of moderation in a public platform can potentially be viewed as biased by anyone who doesn't happen to agree with it. Here, of course, we're referencing private business platforms with terms and conditions and their moderators can respond as they deem appropriate to content that, in their estimation and in consideration of all feedback they receive, do not meet their standards of their platform.
That said, the most ridiculous statement in Jim's post is, "No one should trust the press, any of it, in 2022." So when the press publishes a fact check, it shouldn't be trusted? Or if the press notes it was wrong, it shouldn't publish a retraction because it can't be trusted? Should we have another investigation of the investigation like the failed Durham probe every time a political party disagrees with the outcome and/or the initiation of an investigation? Hunter Biden has not and is not running for political office. He may be charged for tax evasion or some other offense but that remains to be decided by prosecutors. It will not be decided on Twitter or Facebook...
In addition, the moderation on major social media sites (Twitter and FB) is biased by the moderators, and I think that this bias is a left bias. The twitter files are an example. I certainly do not doubt that "Truth Social" is ridiculously biased to the right. Unfortunately, many people use social media as their preferred news source. That is a bad thing in my opinion, but it is real whether I like it or not.