The bizarre term Fake News needs to addressed immediately The pursuit of Fake News is undeniably in clear violation of the 1st Amendment... When the 4th branch of Government (the press) is completely bought out, it's Journalisms true responsibility to the people to relay important facts. We can be thankful for truth seekers like David Seaman & Ben Swann for using their platform for the greater good.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
This unconstitutional mass-censorship we've witnessed the past 6 months is not such a mystery. These insanely corrupt policies were founded over the last 8 months. They are what we need President Trump to comment on. The bought out News won't talk about these bits of legislation and have an open discussion with the public. It simply won't happen. We need to figure out a way to have the discussion about these dark newfound laws against Free speech.
[H.R. 6393, Intelligence Authorization Act] - 'voted in November 2016 with an overwhelming majority. Seeks to crack down on websites suspected of conducting Russian propaganda and calling for the US government to "counter active measures by Russia to exert covert influence'
H.R.5181 - Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act of 2016 - Passed on 05/10/16. Name speaks for itself. Another link.
S.2943 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 - 2 days before Christmas Obama quietly signed the NDAA of 2017 into law. Burrried under 900+ pages is a controversial provision that establishes a national anti-propaganda center that is a blatant attack on freedom of press & free speech.
What the news won't tell you? We can literally look at these Bills (that were passed in complete silence) for the written & legal justification behind their censorship logic. These bills, legally speaking, are what this new 'Fake News' buzz is all about.. Silent bills that make it legal for Social media platforms to collaboratively censor free speech at will. Allowing them to Monopolize your news feed. They decide not only what is real news, but what news you get to see... This is an undeniable attack on the 1st Amendment and we need to push back. We cannot let "Fake News" become another boogey man term they use to strip us of more freedom... Fake news is nothing more, than an attack on Free speech.
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Nana66 ago
CIA
Alpo ago
I wouldn't be surprised if the CIA created the fake news thing in the first place so they could discredit the real news. This article explains the origins of fake news; it wasn't Macedonian teenagers: http://archive.is/gAFWl
From the article:
"Late 2012, early 2013 I was spending a lot of time researching what is now being referred to as the alt-right. I identified a problem with the news that they were spreading and created Disinfomedia as a response to that. The whole idea from the start was to build a site that could infiltrate the echo chambers of the alt-right, publish blatantly false or fictional stories and then be able to publicly denounce those stories and point out the fact that they were fiction."
Nana66 ago
CIA has been doing this forever. They are just now trying to point fingers away from their propaganda by blaming everyone else for doing it. They created alt-right and right wingers to fight Obama and as a separation tactic...Trump used them to get elected. Check out Operation Mockingbird. It's like Franklin scandal, it comes out and gets very little coverage before being swept under the rug. Then when other scandals bubble to the top, they get even craftier at covering it up....like they are trying to do with the latest version, pizzagate...it doesn't ever just go away. Internet is going to have to be taken down a notch because it's making it harder to cover things up and steal elections with candidates they shove down our throats.