Tucker Carlson: Censoring “Fake News” Is a Threat to Free Speech
In the wake of the presidential election, questions and criticisms of “fake news” have been swirling.
Hillary Clinton herself challenged Congress on Thursday to combat fictional and misleading news on social media with legislation.
Others have called for big media companies like Facebook to censor “fake news.”
Tonight, Tucker Carlson faced off with Vox.com’s Tim Lee, who believes that companies aren’t doing enough to prioritize “real news.”
Lee explained that Facebook currently directs users to the most-shared content, and the company doesn’t do a good enough job at featuring content that’s from reputable outlets with a history of good journalism.
Carlson argued that restricting the free flow of information is a direct threat to the First Amendment.
“The idea that someone, somewhere is making totally subjective judgments about what’s legitimate, what’s illegitimate, what’s worth sharing, what’s not, what’s propaganda, what’s true,” Carlson said. “Once you start making those judgments, you start suppressing other points of view.”
Lee insisted that Facebook should take more “responsibility” over what content can be shared.
Carlson countered that Facebook already has too much power, and it should not be screening what information people can see.
“This is a threat to speech,” Carlson said. “I think we should be very vigilant about attempts to suppress information we disagree with.”
H/T – FoxNews
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If journalist would research and verify their articles there wouldn’t be all this uproar over the news, It’s gotten out of hand.
I believe in Free Speech and I don’t like Censoring what so ever, Politicians lie 24/7, Journalist lie 24/7, Very few are honest in my opinion, when they are caught they apologize like it matters, These lies hurt and mislead people, Some people only have local news, some only have the internet or cable. No matter where you get your news you should be able to trust what you are reading or listening to, Journalist shouldn’t be so bias. I understand that certain news organization’s are bought by politicians and that’s wrong if you ask me.The msm isn’t the same anymore that’s why people are flocking to social media and people should be aware and research what they read and hear. It’s taken me hours and hours to research some stories out there but some people don’t have the time and some won’t spend the time to find the truth.