As far as the mass of the people go, the extraordinary
swings of opinion which occur nowadays, the emotions which can be turned on and
off like a tap, are the result of newspaper and radio [& now TV & the
Net] hypnosis.
- George Orwell
(author of Animal Farm & 1984)
Are Google, facebook, YouTube and Twitter trying to take
over popular thought? Now, certain
political views are censored, but what's next?
The definition of marriage, religious doctrine, alternative opinions on
controversial scientific issues (e.g. climate change) etc.
Journalistic bias is rampant and the "tek
giants" have a virtual monopoly on the internet-of-ideas (IOI). Mike Adams (NaturalNews.com, Censored.news, REAL.video)
has produced an explosive report documenting net censorship.
For example, here is a list of 55 serious errors, poor
journalism and fact-checking epic fails in media reporting just about President Trump alone! This includes the recent Time magazine cover with the crying
Honduran child who was actually never
separated from her mother. Mainstream
media often calls the alternative media "fake news." But who defines the alleged
"fakeness" of alleged news?
To whom are the internet fact-checkers and moderators accountable
to (SPLC, SNOPES, Politifact)? The
establishment media is losing audience at a rapid rate. Is their only hope of survival crushing the
opposition of conservatives, non-PC voices, #MAGA hats, Christians, Libertarians
and so-called "haters" into silence?
Will the Drudge Report survive? According
to Mike Adams,
Maintaining monopoly control over cultural narratives is crucial for commanding primary influence over the worldview held by news consumers, whose beliefs, opinions and “realities” are largely shaped by the news to which they are subjected.
Is CNN, ABC and the like really just indoctrination and
propaganda? Do you think of YouTube as a
public utility? Adams has proposed a
number of solutions to Techno-Tyranny through legislative and regulatory actions
to halt the censorship of independent media (p. 53+). Remember James Damore, who was fired from
Google? Adams has nailed it in
describing the problem:
The highest priority of news monopolists is to silence independent, opposing voices that encourage individuals to “snap out” of their numbed, passive acquiescence to mainstream news narratives.
Will the Tek Giants be successful in their attempts to
crush the Gospel? Jesus said, "I
will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it"
(Mt. 16:18). But, consider this report
from David Roach on attacks from the techie Left on Christians:
National Religious Broadcasters is drawing attention to online censorship of Christian and conservative speech by tech companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google and Apple by launching a new initiative - Internet Freedom Watch ... for documenting cases of internet censorship, including Twitter’s takedown of an ad by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R.-Tenn., in October and Facebook removing former Gov. Mike Huckabee’s post supporting Chick-fil-A in 2012. ... NRB, which has published a chart with more than 30 instances of internet censorship to illustrate the problem, has sent letters to the tech giants, urging constructive conversation and a resolution to the threats against religious freedom.
Robert Gagnon (fmr. NT Prof. @ Pittsburgh Theological
Seminary) wrote a piece on the controversial Revoice Conference held recently in St. Louis. Facebook removed it and suspended him for a
day. Doug Wilson (Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning) re-posted it on his blog "Blog
& Mablog." Facebook is also throttling Pulpit & Pen
(theology-polemics-discernment). Earlier
this year we wrote on President Obama, free speech and banning Bibles.
An error I spotted in Adams' report is about the Flat Earth Myth (FEM) which is on page 28.
Let us all seek mutual understanding through a Worldview of
Wisdom (#WOW) by dealing with opposing
views via respectful dialog and debate. Feedback
(pro or con) is most welcome: ned_oa_1657@yahoo.com
