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"We regularly discuss what the Big Tech companies have done to poison the public conversation by providing large platforms to bad-faith actors who lie, mislead, and promote conspiracy theories. But what about TV companies that provide platforms to networks such as Newsmax, One America News โ and, yes, Fox News?"In addition to declaring that these conservative outlets spread "lies," denying that President Donald Trump "lost an honest and fair election," Stelter also amplified the concerns of a Democrat politician, who claimed that "Fox and Newsmax, both delivered to my home by your company, are complicit." Stelter said New Jersey state Assemblyman Paul Moriarty texted an executive at Comcast on Thursday questioning the decision of TV providers to host conservative media.
A police officer who died from injuries he suffered during the pro-Trump siege of the US Capitol has been named. Brian Sicknick "was physically engaging with protesters" when he was wounded, the US Capitol Police (USCP) said. His death is the fifth connected to the riots, which have led to calls for Donald Trump's removal as president.It's not clear who started the fire extinguisher rumors.
What do critical race theorists believe? Probably not every member would subscribe to every tenet set out in this book, but many would agree on the following propositions. First, that racism is ordinary, not aberrational โ "normal science," the usual way society does business, the common, everyday experience of most people of color in this country. Second, most would agree that our system of white-over-color ascendancy serves important purposes, both psychic and material. The first feature, ordinariness, means that racism is difficult to cure or address. ... The second feature, sometimes called "interest convergence" or material determinism, adds a further dimension. Because racism advances the interests of both white elites (materially) and working-class people (psychically), large segments of society have little incentive to eradicate it.
Comment: Claws out, the Left's true colors come unleashed: MSM set the stage with bias, false accusation and outright lies. Social media giants took up the quest for absolute control of information, message and access - and, judging by the above responses, they appear to be succeeding.