[ April 15, 2024 ]
Of course they do. Having been one of the early targets of social media censorship on Facebook, YouTube et al, I have for quite some time advocated for anti-trust action against these bullying behemoths. If this isn’t stopped, it will mean the end of free societies in the West. Read my article about this at The American Thinker. We are seeing an unprecedented erosion in our free speech rights, increasingly prohibiting the flow of ideas and free expression in the public square (social media). Run by left-wing self-possessed snowflakes, social media giants are indulging their worst autocratic impulses. And because they can, it is getting worse. “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
“YouTube and Google Pour Millions into News Publishers, Overwhelming Majority Are Left-Leaning,” by Steven Beyer, Western Journal, April 24, 2019 (thanks to Wendy):
It’s no secret that as technology continues to grow, the impact of technology is felt in just about every industry imaginable.
Story continues below advertisementGoogle feels like journalism, however, is struggling to keep up with the ever-growing technology industry and feels the need to help publishers keep up with the changes.
As Google puts it, “while the demand for quality journalism is as high as it’s ever been, the business of journalism is under pressure, as publications around the world face challenges from an industry-wide transition to digital.”
Enter the Google News Initiative.
The goal of the initiative is to “build a more informed world [that] is inherently tied to the reporting of journalists and news organizations.”
The tech giant plans on accomplishing this by building “a healthy ecosystem of publishers producing great digital content.”
Google boasts that in one year, they helped news organizations by giving over $12.6 billion to “partners” and driving over 10 billion clicks to their websites.
Those partnerships include left-leaning sites such as The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Additionally, part of the initiative was to pour tens of millions of dollars into helping publishers “strengthen their online video capabilities” through Google News Initiative YouTube Innovation Funding.
On its blog, YouTube says that the funding was released to publishers to “support news organizations in building sustainable video operations” by helping them “build key capabilities, train staff on video best practices, enhance production facilities and develop formats optimized for online video.”
Furthermore, YouTube says that they are working with news organizations to develop “new product features” to “tackle emerging challenges.”
However, the list of publishers that received funding from YouTube/Google is raising some eyebrows.
In the list of news publishers from the United States that received funding from YouTube, over half of the publishers could be considered, “center-left,” “left-leaning” or “far-left” news organizations, according to classification by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Those news organizations were The Atlantic, Bloomberg, BuzzFeed News, CBS News, FiveThirtyEight, The Hill, NBC News, The New York Times, PBS Newshour / WETA, ProPublica, Vox, The Washington Post and The Young Turks.
Fox News was the only news organization on the list that could be considered a “center-right” or right-leaning news organization.
Additionally, there were other newsgroups not listed by Media Bias/Fact Check that could still be considered “left-leaning” including Advance Local, Graham Media Group, Telemundo, Rogue Rocket, Quartz, Refinery29 and Tribune Broadcasting.
Complex Networks is geared more toward pop culture and was not considered in our assessment, neither was local news outlet WCNT-tv.
The Western Journal reached out to Google over this perceived discrepancy.
A spokesperson for Google told The Western Journal that the application process was open to anyone and all publishers were encouraged to apply.
However, when asked which right-leaning news organizations applied for the funding, Google did not comment nor give examples of those organizations….
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14 Comments
4 years ago
Joseph Goebbels would be envious of global propaganda like this.
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
There is a second sentence to that speech Goebbels gave, “It thus becomes vitally important for the state to use all of its’ powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the state”.
How to recognize evil – suppress and demonize the truth and those who espouse it. Outside of 1930’s Germany, where do we hear of this now. How utterly astonishing that the answer is, “our own backyard”. The darkness and the proximity of the cloud ought to alarm any of the sane when the rider with his lantern is scorned and hated. When the orange man took office, the light shown on America’s face and she suddenly looked very ugly.
4 years ago
Let’s not forget Reinhard Heydrich. He loved keeping an enemies list on index cards to watch and eventually murder. Masons were one of his targets and still exist today. Contrary to envious clergy, Masons are comprised of Bible based Protestants and Jews. It goes back to the days of King Solomon. Shriner’s Hospital is an example of their volunteer charity in action. Free medical care is given to impoverished people in desperate need of care, disfigurement etc.. It’s not this secret nefarious organization the conspiracy nuts claim it to be. All of their work is privately funded and adheres to the Biblical standard of doing good works anonymously. They were vilified some time ago. We insist on eating our own while DEMS and liberals defend the unconscionable .
Thankfully he was assassinated on June 4, 1942 by the Czech Resistance. Notice how the LEFT uses the term “resist” against Trump. Nice write up on this vile social misfit Heydrich. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/argentinian-sub-ara-san-juan.html and a good write up on the Czech Resistance http://www.army.cz/images/id_7001_8000/7419/assassination-en.pdf
The Czech agents waited by a curb on Heydrich’s usual route. As Heydrich’s car slowed to make the turn, Gabčík pulled out a machine gun, but it jammed. Amused and overconfident, Heydrich told his driver to stop, and then stood up to aim his Luger at Gabčík. However, Kubiš had brought a modified anti-tank grenade. As the car stopped, Kubiš pulled out the grenade and threw it. Before Heydrich had a chance to fire his gun, the grenade detonated, injuring both Heydrich and Gabčík. Heydrick died later.
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Some people believe that the Masons are the last vestige of the Knights Templar…if only.
The Catholic Pope created them….then murdered most of them on a Friday 13th. Some of them got away…..
4 years ago
It is a travesty to make a free speech into a joke. The antdote for bad speech is more speech.
4 years ago
I don’t use Googlue search engine no more but it’s interconnected with so many other companies that use its service.
I never signed up for Youtoobed as once you do you are MARKED. The same with Farkbook and Googlue.
4 years ago
The enemedia is a giant circle jerk,and the one person they cannot shut up is President Trump,which is one reason why they attack him and his supporters 24/7/365! what is required is a plan to take over these media giants by pro-Trump forces.How that is down I don’t yet know.
4 years ago
The enemedia is a giant circle jerk,and the one person they cannot shut up is President Trump,which is one reason why they attack him and his supporters 24/7/365! what is required is a plan to take over these media giants by pro-Trump forces.How that is down I don’t yet know.
4 years ago
I hope Trump gave them the riot act. Google, FB and tweeter are all monopolies. Break them up like shell oil and AT&T.
4 years ago
Reply to
Stephen Honig
…just found out the Mercers now control BB…..that explains the monitoring of all of us….
4 years ago
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To my friends on Pamela’s site….I posted a few days ago and several times before that Breitbart is monitoring and stopping us for posting there. Especially if it is negative about Muslims.
I pointed out that something strange had been going on at BB for about year. Conservatives are constantly monitored and blocked by their staff….no matter how non-violent, non- anything. While at the same time allowing trolls with the filthiest and vilest language. I couldn’t it figure out. Who took over BB after Bannon left?
I just found out it is the Trump hating Mercers who took over…..BB is done. it is not your BB of two years ago. Thank God for Pamela Geller.
Here is my post today they just held up for monitoring. It was in response to an article about Biden saying world leaders want him to run against Trump. You be the judge:
ladywarrior • a minute ago
Hold on, this is waiting to be approved by Breitbart News Network.
[Jesus, Joe! Of course “world leaders” want President Trump out and your sorry butt in there…it would be like having their ol’ pal Obama back. You must think we are total idiots…..
and here’s a newsflash, Joe….those “world leaders” are communist trying to bring us down…. and the fact that you’re bragging about it, tells me you are a complete moron….or one of them…..or both.]
Comment anyone?
4 years ago
Mercer now owns BB…..constantly “monitoring” and holding up posts by us….
