http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2021/07/16/this-doesnt-make-it-better-jen-psakis-justifications-for-telling-social-media-companies-who-to-censor-are-beyond-disturbing/
Yesterday White House press secretary Jen Psaki admitted that the Biden administration stays in touch with social media companies and lets them know who’s in need of being censored. Psaki claimed this only involves “misinformation” about Covid-19 but does anybody really believe that?
Today it got even worse.
Psaki tried to make it all better by comparing the Biden White House flagging problematic Covid posts for the “public platforms” to how they try to police news reports. There was even more:
Philip Melanchthon Wegmann ~ @PressSec on flagging disinformation: "It shouldn't come as a surprise that we're in touch with social media, just like we're in regular touch with all of you and your media outlets about areas where we have concern."
Townhall.com ~ PSAKI: If you're banned on one social media platform, you should be banned on other social media platforms.
http://twitter.com/i/status/1416089821056012289
Townhall.com ~ Only MINUTES LATER, Jen Psaki calls social media sites like Facebook "public platforms."
http://twitter.com/i/status/1416092851688165383
Triple yikes!
Michele Perez Exner ~ Somehow she managed to make things worse than yesterday. This only raises more questions about the extent of the White House’s attempts to censor information they don’t agree with.
Stephen L. Miller ~ Definition of keep digging.
And every day Psaki shows up with an even bigger shovel than the day before.
Kelly Sadler ~ Is this supposed to alleviate concerns?!?!
Mark Hemingway ~ Great idea! Maybe the government could helpfully keep a list of which citizens are allowed to speak so that they all know who to ban at once. Utopia awaits!
These are the same people who call Republicans the authoritarian wannabes? Projection writ large.
Brian Phillips ~ Working with media to get a better story is not remotely the same thing as censoring Americans without their permission on a public forum.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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