The CNN ‘journalist’ decries you and I having free speech, but one of his own is free to dispense hate.
After seeing the many voices in the media ecosystem, I was astonished to find so many. Claim loudly to warn about the possibility of more freedomsBrian Stelter must join Twitter account holders. He spoke on Monday’s CNN+ edition (take my word for it, this thing is real) about Elon Musk potentially taking over Twitter. And what the future holds if Twitter accounts are not limited.Use the social media platform.
Brian Stelter has a unique talent for displaying all aspects of dysfunction within the press. Although he is the “cleanup crew” for journalism, he continues to ignore journalism standards and typify all the problems that are in the sector. It is easy to question his ethics and recidivism. How aware is he of the negatives?
One prime example of his blind spot in the eclipse is 2021 when he decried the way. Chinese authorities clamped downApple Daily is the news outlet. It was no surprise to hear that the move had a chilling impact on news and has an adverse effect on freedom of expression. However, these entreaties were countered by commentary from himself, and his ward – Boy Wonder Oliver Darcy – while both were simultaneously lobbying for cable outlets to take down the One America News Network from their channel packages.
The reality of varying sets of standards is not new, and it returned today as Stelter talked with Lauren Hirsch from the New York Times about Musk’s latest movements, and the Twitter Board of Directors working to derail his buyout attempt. Stelter supported the blocking tactic and began his day by ranting about the stock’s drop in the morning. then after it reboundedHe decided to stop commenting on the stock market price at 2.5 percent.
Here’s @LaurenSHirschThe latest Twitter state-of-play. “I suspect the Twitter board is very nervous about having this look like they are dismissing Elon outright,” so they’re going through the motions… pic.twitter.com/azAt1CEXnN
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 18, 2022
In the course of their talk, Hirsch mentioned how moderating users to this point has been good for Twitter’s business, and Brian saw the opportunity to make his point against the projections of Elon’s influence.
“People don’t play in the gutter,” proclaimed the host. “Most people don’t want to send their kids to play in the gutter!”
This is Stelter operating, like so many other ‘journalists’ in the press, with the firm belief that Musk is going to strip down any and all restrictions on content on the platform. This is just like complaining before the complainable act even occurred. It is also, quite certainly, rooted in another journalist horror story – the belief that this could lead to a return of Donald Trump to the platform.
What is precious about this perpetual press pearl-clutching is that they pretend Twitter is not already a sociopathic sewer, and that much of that is a result of the imbalanced enforcement of the site’s terms of service. Stelter wants to paint a scenario of decorum being tossed off the penthouse office’s balcony, but what he is really saying is that he despises the idea of others having the freedom to operate like the elites, who are free from admonishment by the Twitter authorities.
To see an example of Stelter’s double standard, one need only look back for at least one day. A journalist from the Middle East was found calling for all Jews to be exterminated on Sunday. He was calling for Allah to help him become the next Hitler.
Why is this? @miandawoodadvAre you still using Twitter? He’s literally calling for genocide. Twitter seems to love anti-Semites. What is the secret to Trump’s Twitter loss, while Mian Dawood retains his account? pic.twitter.com/auMPStIGaE
— Ian McKelvey (@ian_mckelvey) April 17, 2022
We have all seen accounts permanently or suspended for innocuous offenses. This one calls for outright extermination of a race, but somehow this does not rise to the level of Twitter’s TOS violations. Dawood removed his tweet. This was sufficient for Twitter police who oversee their digital space.
This is what Stelter was actually trying to say in his lecture. He frets that if standards are loosened on Twitter, the place will turn into the garbage gutter – because everyone will be permitted to speak just like his fellow elite journalists.
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