Posted on 07/09/2023 6:03:17 AM PDT by janetjanet998
Misinformation about everything from election fraud to Covid-19 vaccines is reaching millions of Americans through a popular but opaque medium: podcasts. Many podcasts -- on-demand audio programs which users can listen to on smartphones -- bluntly promote false and unproven claims. The Brookings Institution found "War Room" from former Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon has aired the most false statements, amassing more than 135 million downloads while promoting allegations of vote rigging in the 2020 US election.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Deviating from the Party Line is going to be illegal. The Narrative must not be denied.
Responsibility for countering podcast misinformation is murky, with some pointing to the hosting platforms or recommendation algorithms from tech giants like Apple, Google and Facebook.
Wirtschafter, the Brookings analyst, said governments, podcast hosts and listeners can all work to improve information quality.
Of course misinformation is defined as anything that goes against the current Biden regime, or how Joe got elected in 2020.
the term for that used to be "free speech"
I like how they equate unproven with false.
They really want a Ministry of Truth.
This Yahoo article is the real lies and disninformation being propagated. Pure leftist propaganda.
They aren’t really talking about censoring podcasts, per se’. Many alternative media shows appear on different platforms and come in different packages, podcasts being one.
This is just another approach to banning wrong think from the public square.
Truth is now a conspiracy.
“popular but opaque medium”
the term for that used to be “free speech”
———————————————————————
Yes, and the leftists are absolutely determined to end it.
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black...
And not surprisingly Yahoo news goes largely unchecked.
In another thread on FR, I promote my own podcast about Southeast Asian history. I guess I will have to watch out, on the remote chance that the authorities could come after my show. I don’t talk about issues in the United States, but I have declared that I am a conservative, and my journey to the right began with how the liberal media denied that something very wrong was happening in Cambodia, when Pol Pot ran that country.
This Yahoo article is the real lies and disninformation being propagated. Pure leftist propaganda.
———-
I finally cut the cable cord a few months ago (Comcast) and took half the savings to support independent podcasts on Rumble each month
Because of this article I will now donate all the savings each month
As we all know, all humans are biased so no one can be trusted to decide for us all.
Given that, it is incumbent on human beings to pick their way through the weeds and ferret out the truth from the lies and half-truths in all the data available.
Bottom line: If anyone complains about "misinformation," you can bet they are in favor of censorship of ideas that disagree with their positions only. And they are almost always socialists.
Fightin’ time has arrived. Do not let them be successful.
What scheme is the regime planning to replace its old censorship scheme that’s been exposed.
So, which lib is fact-checking. Probably based on no facts.
“Steve Bannon has aired the most false statements”
That is mis-information
Do they not see the irony in their protestations?
Yep. A good example is the left’s angry and dismissive reaction to “The Sound of Freedom.”
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.