The Washington Post published an op-ed yesterday calling for cable TV providers to shut down pro-Trump outlets One America News, Newsmax TV and even center-right Fox News, comparing the supposed threat they pose to “terrorist groups.”
Max Boot, the column’s author actually considers himself a conservative. Over the past four years, he’s become a mainstream media darling as one of President Trump’s most prominent critics. Yesterday, he went further than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer by stating that the impeachment push may not be sufficient punishment for Trump nor enough of a deterrent for his allies.
Boot sanctimoniously writes:
Some argue that trying to silence the voices of insurrection is a hopeless task — that hate will always find a way to get through. And it’s true that there is a danger that seditious plots will now move to encrypted messaging apps such as Telegram, where they will be harder to track. But research firm Zignal Labs found that online misinformation about election fraud fell 73 percent after Trump and key allies were suspended from social media.
Yet for Boot — who seemingly never condemned the violence from this summer’s riots with a fraction of the same vigor — that isn’t enough.
That’s a good start. Anyone who cherishes our democracy should be grateful to the management of Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites for their newfound sense of social responsibility. We should expect at least the same level of responsibility from broadcast media — and in particular from Fox News, which has the largest reach on the right.
Is the censorship of conservative voices the biggest threat to our republic? As always, share your thoughts with us in the comments below!
The Washington Post and all other media outlets that willfully disseminated/perpetrated the Russia Collusion Hoax on the American people for the past 4 1/2 years are the ones who should be shut down!! Nothing but a pack of propagandists and DNC hacks!!
Each day I become more and more convinced that papers such as the Washington Post, The New York Times and so many others are but simply underlings of Pravda and Tass.
They certainly use those publications templates to guide them.
Who the hell is Max Boot…another one of the 2% who j.g have way too much power..
It’s going to take some time for these democrats to be fully exposed as the communists they are ! I can’t believe so many people believe these lies !
You are absolutely right. I don’t understand the hatred they have for our country and why are they still here they would be perfect The communist all over the world. But they want to change our country and then they will have all the power and of course all the money
This is exactly what Adolf Hitler did in the late 1930s. Shut down free speech, burned books, and canceled any German culture Sound familiar’= WakeUp America
DON’T BELIEVE THE LIES…MORE PEOPLE ARE “WOKE” TO OUR SITUATION THAN THE MEDIA WANTS YOU TO KNOW!
You’ve got that right
Gullible!
This crap is right out f the playbook of Joseph Goebbels
My only question is why didn’t you feel this way when the Democrats remained silent on Oregon, and the various other riots in the past 4 months. I will support President Elect Biden simply because of my respect for the position. However in this case, I believe your views are unfair.
That’s it folks on the left. Keep shutting down our freedoms and you will be encouraging a revolution. Maybe that is what you are actually hoping for…that enough TRUE Americans get tired of the crap you are spewing and will revolt against this “Cancel Society”. Be careful what you wish for…….
Purge WaPo from subscribers, lose stock value alone & same for Big Tech
Cancel goes Both ways
BUT gutless GOP blocks Or the RINO GOP
It seems the push for censoring conservative news, opinions, posts, or questions is a dangerous and slippery slope. Talk about Russia interference, this is just like the communist news suppression.
Max Boot, you and your paper are not considered any legitimate news source.
The mainstream media have pushed their lies, falsehoods, and unfounded information claiming “Freedom Of Speech.” But, just like everything else, laws are for thee, not for me, but rights and freedoms are for me, not for thee.
Good will be called evil and evil will be called good.
How about we purge msm starting with cnn and their socialist creeps. The Washington post is just another rag of no importance.
What do they want to do, turn America into a police state. Damn I’am glad I’am pushing 74.
send them to re-education camps. Make them watch the series Centennial. Take a Civics class and PASS !
we have got to change the education system in America. Until that’s done, there is not much hope for a publically educated person. Private schools only leaves us in the minority.
I am guessing the only news source should be the Communist News Network. Keep pushing your b$ and see what your First Amendment turns in to. God Bless America!
Gee, I bet the management at Fox News wishes it didn’t insult it’s conservative viewers. I wonder if Fox has anything close to a devoted following of viewers … or will ever have one again.
A lessons for RINOs, if there are any capable of learning from the mistakes of others.
Mr. Boot needs to get the boot! BTW, I’d be happy to oversee his and the rest of the Washington compost’s organization’s “re-education camps” programs.
and I compare ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, and CNN to PRADA, the Soviet Press…….completely bought, sold, controlled and unbelievable.
I guess if you are not a communist Chinese ran organization, you are considered a foreign terrorist, since the commies are taking over our United States of America. Just look how they treat them in china and see what we are about to receive. 10% for the big guy and hunter will hold it.
Typical Left response: I don’t agree with what you are saying, therefore you must be purged, cancelled, deprogrammed, eliminated, censored. A cult is one that thinks they are the only ones with the “truth”.
boycott the Washington Post. Help save America from Communist propaganda. God Bless America
He calls for Fox to pure more people, not for the airwaves to purge Fox. That’s bad enough, but be honest about it.
I think the newspapers should be purged
Where does he say to purge Fox from the airwaves? Or call it terrorist? Nowhere in this article. What he says is bad enough, but characterize it honestly for heaven’s sake!
It is totally communist when one political party along with the majority of the media block people from voicing their opinions. This country has the freedom of speech and this is not right. Also for four years they have been backing, inciting, bailing out of jail, supporting antifa and BLM TO BUrn cities, destroy statues, etc. This is mot America.
STOP calling them Mainstream Media! They are Fascist Propagandists. Stop playing THEIR word games, letting them set the narrative. Good grief, will Conservatives and Republicans NEVER learn???
I compare the msm to lying propaganda mills that one would find in north korea, china, iran, etc. Their credibility has reached absolute ZERO. Funny how the “brainwashed” and “woke” crowd are still watching
I think they really want a war
Maybe we should just shut down the Washington post.Cancel your subscriptions and hit them where it hurts.All of these outlets depend on money and ratings.This is where Americans can get the upper hand.
I like having a CHOICE of which news network I want to watch!! I do NOT think I need someone had to tell me what to watch!!
I am VERY UNHAPPY with others taking the liberty, which should be mine, to choose what I watch!! It is WRONG to take NEWSMAX away from of those of us who choose it as our news outline!!
MAX BOOT !!! Really !!! You’re giving credence to a washed-up Lincoln Project RINO like MAX BOOT !!! GET REAL !!!
A bunch of liars and un-american are the Washinton Post. CNN, MSNBC ,NYT ,LAT. Fox and Newsmax are the true reporters.
Or they were at least.
Remember a few years back when the news media in the United States was saying how awful China was for trying to silence things they didn’t like even if it was non-violent. At that time, it was said to be a violation of civil rights that was absolutely horrible and would never happen here.
It is very discouraging for the main stream media trying to brain wash everyone with their liberal left wing ideas. Seems to me we might soon be calling us the United States of China and people will be arrested just for having conservative ideas and ideals.
The Washing Post and other Left Wing Media Groups are bias and racist, they are disgusting.
It seems to me Miss Max Boot and the left in this country need to be reeducated ++-+—–
The call of censorship by the mainstream media is a violation of The Freedom Speech which is a right. Then to push the biggest beast of censorship and say that they are right in what they do, is more frightening to me than the lies of the Mainstream media in itself. Facebook is a joke. Nothing but a way for another idiot with too much money to hijack the ideas of whoever is stupid enough to buy into it. Censorship of anyones speech or ideas is walking on the rights they have Americans. Mark Zuckerberg recently put his hand into the lets take Trump down at any cost campaign by running his idea of what I should think they my Facebook feed. His lies were blatant as he stated that Trump had call for violence and so Facebook was forced to remove Trump’s evilness when in fact Trump asked for peaceful demonstration. But Zuckerberg said he is wrong to invite violence so we removed his words. That is Censorship at its finest. Or does it go beyond that. Yeah it does. To take the words they really said then step up and say he said something different. And that the call for violence had to be removed for my safety??? That is way more dangerous to me along with lies of the Mainstream media. News is fake. Shame on you for trying to tell me I’m ao stupid I can’t see the what the real truth is. There are not journalist who write the truth and fact check it first. They are gone! media is bed with Zuckerberg and who knows who else. Does that have enough strength to call it conspiracy? Or not? Wake up people! We are like sheep led to slaughter.
Oh my control of the media, education , arts, hmmm Joseph Goebbels come to mind