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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AreWeSure ago
This is horseshit. There are dozens of fake news sites out there that do no reporting and simply make up their "news stories" and this is different from conservative news sites or opinion journalism.
Here's one example of how it works.
https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/us/fake-news-hillary-clinton-cameron-harris.amp.html?client=ms-android-sprint-us
Tanngrisnir ago
The Propornot site listed sites like lewrockwell, zerohedge and ronpaulreport as fake news because of claims of clickbait and misleading headlines. The term is abused so that it can basically mean "any news source or blog I don't like". Or course Buzzfeed was all over these claims despite their being more guilty of clickbaity headlines than anyone. The term has come to be used against anyone the mainstream media considers not to be towing the party line. If it was just directed against cheap Macedonian websites no one would care. But it isn't. It is a war effort against alternative media.
Jem777 ago
Exactly. It should not matter who wins an election the government does not in the US get to censor speech. That is what separates us from others. We can debate on ideas. Now we know the congress was willing to write into law language that could impact free speech. This at a time when the population was being told so much information from MSM that we now know was blatantly False and the internet sites were literally scrubbed of content. Serious journalists and concerned citizens went from forum to forum to get the truth. Zuckerberg started saying "Fake News" the same day Obama did... then scrubbing the sites. Then the Pope said likened "Fake News" to sin involving excrement. Find the video.
Why would these people, media, Hollywood go to such extreme lengths? To pull off the biggest cover up of all time. They each chose along the way to keep going knowing this was all under the surface. The trafficking of children and arms, oil, money& organs. They have lied and are exposed. Why are they fighting and rioting still? They do not want anyone to look at this reality.