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I think you utterly and totally missed the point I was attempting to make.

I probably did, you're a lot smarter than me lol.

Freedom of press/freedom of speech/censorship is a hot button issue for me. I am so against censorship and gov't trying to restrict freedom of press & freedom of speech - I'm a zealot when it comes to that shit. I think it is one of the things that makes America so unique and so great. No other countries have these kind of speech and freedom of press protections- not even the European ones.

this is very true. lean democrat...they watch MSNBC or CNN. lean republican....they watch Fox News.

CNN used to try to attempt to be the middle ground. since Trump came along and broke everyones brains they hopped on the MSNBC bandwagon and it was great for ratings. When Trump was around. Now that he's gone and they've lost a ton of credibility - their ratings are in the toilet.

Network news has far more viewers than the cable news channels.


Almost three out of four U.S. adults (71%) watch local television news and 65% view network newscasts over the course of a month, according to Nielsen data from February 2013. While 38% of adults watch some cable news during the month, cable viewers—particularly the most engaged viewers—spend far more time with that platform than broadcast viewers do with local or network news.¹

Prediction: The next person to be banned from Twitter for spreading misinformation will not be from the left.

Probably The case, at least in terms of bannings that get on the radar of people mostly involved with Twitter

Whatever became of "Net Neutrality"?  A few years back, some claimed this was the end of the world and would alter the internet massively.  I didn't notice.

Forget his name but the dickhole Trump appointed to be the head of the FCC reclassified internet services from Title II to Title I which undid regulations put in place by the Obama administration and effectively ended net neutrality. 

Some states like California have passed their own net neutrality laws. California net neutrality law was challenged in court by special interests funded by the giant telecoms and California won. 7 other states have since passed similar laws. 

And yeah, not having net neutrality could alter the internet massively, because unfortunately we have a weak ass DoJ and FTC that approve every single merger and never enforce anti-trust law - which has allowed for the formation of giant monopolies like ATT & Comcast - which aren't just telecoms anymore - they've bought up content/media assets. Theoretically without net neutrality they can say throttle streaming services like Netflix - but if you are streaming Peacock on Comcast internet or HBO Max on ATT internet - no throttling there - and they even theoretically could charge more money for "fast passes" - hey we won't throttle you on Netflix if you pay extra $10 a month. Just because they haven't done this yet doesn't mean they won't. And not sure it's a great idea for ISP's/telecoms to also own the content they are streaming. Seems like a potential conflict of interest to me.

no lie...if I was a really attractive woman I would just sit at home and do this. better looking the broad, more money she makes. some of these girls that are absolute smoke shows are making $30k a month or more just sitting their asses at home taking their clothes off and playing with themselves.

Just curious how do you know this?😎

Yes, I agree that more speech is better than censorship.

However, if you're trying to get people to avoid misinformation, well, it didn't work. Because of confirmation bias. If every opinion is out there, people will surround themselves with the opinion they want to believe, whether it's misinformation or not. And in a free and open debate, that places misinformation on the same level of legitimacy as everything else.

I'm not advocating the government do anything about it. But society is completely fractured because of it, and I don't think there is a "cure".

agree 100%. 

agree 100%.

Yes it’s tough. Let’s use masks as an example.

if you’re like me and don’t have a bias and truly want to understand if a mask is going to help me and those around me or not-  what is the answer?

there is plenty of data, and unlimited opinions, on both sides of that issue still today. Honestly I don’t know who to believe.

The element that gives me pause is that a lot of the mouthpieces proclaiming masks masks masks are almost always caught off camera without masks masks masks. This eliminates any credibility they had with me because they clearly don’t believe in what they are preaching. 

and is the reverse true? Have I ever seen a talking head or political figure saying that masks are not effective, caught in private wearing a mask? Of course not.