Former Facebook Exec Wants NewsmaxTV and OANN De-platformed Calls Them a ‘problem’
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A former Facebook executive and Democrat supporter, Alex Stamos, is calling for conservative news outlets to be de-platformed.
Stamos called for NewsmaxTV and One America News Network (OANN) to be de-platformed from service providers like Verizon, Comcast, and AT&T in order to censure right-leaning content.
Appearing on CNN, Stamos said, “we have to figure out the OANN and Newsmax problem that these companies have freedom of speech.”
Former Facebook insider Alex Stamos tells @brianstelter: "We have to turn down the capability of these Conservative influencers to reach these huge audiences… There are people on YouTube for example that have a larger audience than daytime CNN." pic.twitter.com/gP0XtnjhCQ
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 17, 2021
CNN reporter Oliver Darcy agrees with Stamos and posted his thoughts on social media.
Just a reminder that neither @Verizon, @ATT, nor @comcast have answered any questions about why they beam channels like OAN & Newsmax into millions of homes. Do they have any second thoughts about distributing these channels given their election denialism content? They won't say.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 17, 2021
Critics commented on social media.
#CNN attack poodle Oliver Darcy tries to get their competition @OANN & @newsmax de-platformed#FreeSpeech for he
But not for we
I guessShows the Left's ideas can't win a fair fight pic.twitter.com/1516wj2GAJ
— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) January 17, 2021
Honest question: Who exactly gets to decide what is truth and what is “denialism content”? pic.twitter.com/zSbGS1GKws
— harry_hood (@HarryHood95) January 17, 2021
Just a reminder that CNN not only turned a blind eye to the destruction & violence in cities around the country all year, they actually encouraged it.
— Paul Morelli (@PaulOPinion) January 17, 2021
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Stamos and others boldly calling for cable carriers to de-platform news outlets they disagree with are outrageous.
While conservative-leaning news outlets are not calling for CNN or any other liberal news outlet to be de-platformed, brazen cries for speech suppression from the Left flies in the face of the spirit of the Constitution.
In the end, Democrats want a monopoly on the news so they can spew propaganda on CNN and MSNBC unchallenged.