Since Walter Cronkite lost the Vietnam War in 1968, American mass media has known that they have immense power. In Watergate the Washington Post managed to bring down a popular president and have him resign. By the '90's however, there was some diversity in media, and 2016 showed that a saavy candidate that leveraged modern electronic media like Twitter and Facebook could defeat even an full on MSM attack.
Unsurprisingly, the empire of the left is not pleased, and it is striking back. The plan looks to be to turn the new frontier of Social Media into a left wing safe zone.
Not being mainstream is the standard role of those of us to the right of center. It sounds like Facebook has contracted with the AP (Associated Press) to "fact check" things for FB! I guess it might be marginally better than getting the DNC!
At a macro level, mass broadcast media was a boon to the Left and center-Left. It allowed a new class of people to shape public opinion as never before. But the appearance of social media represented the return of the repressed. It allowed common conservatives and populists to broadcast their own views, and in some sense legitimate them within their social circle. The efforts to criminalize conservative groups who use social media, and legally suppress citizens’ openly sharing unapproved views, are an attempt to put the new class filter back on.
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