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| Democrats take first steps to censor conservative TV channels OANN, Newsmax, and Fox News |
| 2021-02-23 |
[American Thinker] In a shocking development in the ongoing censorship debate, two influential Democrat members of the House of Representatives have taken the first steps to challenge the continued availability of conservative channels Newsmax, OANN, and Fox News on mainstream cable, satellite, and streaming television platforms. Multichannel News reported on the story yesterday in an article titled "House Dems Pressure Distributors to Justify Carrying Fox News, Others."California Democrats Reps. Anna Eshoo and Jerry McNerney have written to a dozen cable, satellite and streaming companies calling on them to better combat disinformation — which they principally identify as Fox, Newsmax and One America News Network (OANN) — and grilling them on what they plan to do about it. Among other things, the letter to the companies by Eshoo and McNerney attacked the three conservative news channels as "misinformation rumor mills and conspiracy theory hotbeds that produce content that leads to real harm." The Democrats' February 22 letter to Comcast, AT&T, Dish, Verizon, Roku, and the seven other companies demanded that they respond to a laundry list of seven intrusive and intimidating questions: |
| Posted by:Ebbereger Unainter6303 |
| #8 Passed my limit many months ago. Что делать? |
| Posted by: Gerthudion Panda2973 2021-02-23 20:55 |
| #7 There is no concern by these members of Congress for the left-wing MSM purveyors of fake news? They are treading on dangerous ground. Americans have great tolerance but they have limits. We are rapidly approaching these limits over a number of Constitutional transgressions. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2021-02-23 18:52 |
| #6 call'm what they are |
| Posted by: Ulaque de Medici2627 2021-02-23 15:02 |
| #5 Shocking? No, bu scary, for sure. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2021-02-23 14:44 |
| #4 I no longer have any doubts that the Democrats mean to destroy this country in the manner of the usual and much like their heroes the Nazi's they are feverishly putting together the train schedule and oven construction plans. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2021-02-23 13:19 |
| #3 "It can't happen here" Oh yes it can. And is. |
| Posted by: Captain Fligum7679 2021-02-23 13:17 |
| #2 There can be only one |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-02-23 12:55 |
| #1 Marxists no longer Democrats. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-02-23 12:31 |