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Friday, January 14, 2022

Biden Calls on Social Media to Censor Opposition

Despite having nearly all of media on his side, Biden, with approval ratings in the low 30’s, is clearly losing on messaging.  He said yesterday “I make a special appeal to social media companies and media outlets — please deal with the misinformation and disinformation that’s on your shows. It has to stop” [Daybreak Insider on Twitter]

From Abigail Shrier: He’s imploring social media companies to censor Americans. That’s state action in violation of the First Amendment. SCOTUS held in 1973 that the government “may not induce, encourage or promote private persons to accomplish what it is constitutionally forbidden to accomplish” [Abigail Shrier on Twitter].

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Peggy Noonan on Biden’s Tuesday speech in Georgia: The speech itself was aggressive, intemperate, not only offensive but meant to offend. It seemed prepared by people who think there is only the Democratic Party in America, that’s it, everyone else is an outsider who can be disparaged [Wall Street Journal].

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