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CNN segment discusses removing conservative media and forcing everyone into the ‘same conceptual reality’
A segment on Reliable Sources Sunday featured host Brian Stelter and former Facebook executive Alex Stamos discussing “turn[ing] down the capability” of conservative media outlets by preventing AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon from “bringing them into tens of millions of homes.”
The two lamented the influence of conservative outlets and personalities, especially since some “have a larger audience than daytime CNN.”
The solution? According to these two, take outlets off television and social media platforms but still allow people to seek the content “if they really want to.”
Considering, however, that Parler was taken off Amazon Web Services and is inaccessible for the foreseeable future, it is unclear how conservatives can still find right-leaning news if all outlets and personalities are purged from modern communication.
“The way we’ve treated press freedoms in the past is being abused by these actors,” Stamos declared. “We have given a lot of leeway—both in the traditional media and on social media—for people to have a very broad range of political views.”
Stamos is certainly considerate to allow people who disagree with him “leeway,” but of course, this will have to change so that people can be “brought back” into the “mainstream of fact-based reporting.”
This strange, Orwellian goal sounds strikingly like propaganda. It’s also coming from the channel that claimed Nick Sandmann verbally attacked a Native American man and touted the Russian-collusion narrative long after it was proven false.
Stelter and Stamos discuss the “huge challenge” of “bringing” Americans back into a utopia where everyone is fed the same information.
“It becomes a huge challenge of how do you bring those people back into the mainstream of fact-based reporting and try to get us all back into the same conceptual reality,” Stamos proposed.
Stamos, former Chief Security Officer at Facebook, went on to say “violent extremists” need to be silenced.
He likens this cleanse to clearing ISIS accounts of the platform—a task he undertook during his tenure at the tech company.
These extremists, Stamos claims, are people like US reps who voted to challenge the electoral certification on Jan. 6 and others across America who believe in things outside of CNN talking points.
“Turn down the capability of these conservative influencers to reach these huge audiences,” Stamos said. “These companies have freedom of speech but I’m not sure we need Verizon, AT&T, Comcast to be bringing them into tens of millions of homes.”
The goal has been said out loud: remove and totally silence conservative media voices and outlets and force channels like CNN on the populous until everyone believes the same thing. Got it.
Conservatives within the House GOP are taking on party leaders by engaging in an unprecedented blockade, effectively paralyzing the chamber’s legislative business. The standoff began after a typically routine procedural vote failed on Tuesday, prompting conservatives to seize control of the floor.
At the center of the dispute is the debt limit deal struck between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden. Some conservatives feel that the procedures used to pass the deal in the House last week did not align with the agreement they had reached with McCarthy. This agreement granted conservatives more influence over decision-making and the operational procedures involved in moving the bill forward, and they now accuse leadership of violating these commitments.
The tension escalated when Freedom Caucus members and their allies joined forces with Democrats in voting against a rule that would have allowed several bills, including two addressing the Biden administration’s gas stove limitations, to reach the House floor. This marked the first time in two decades that a rules vote had failed.
Representative Matt Gaetz voiced his frustration, expressing concern that the fundamental commitments made to secure McCarthy’s speakership had been disregarded due to the debt limit deal. Gaetz also criticized the punishment meted out to Representative Andrew Clyde for his stance against the rule that allowed the debt limit increase.
According to reports from Fox News, Gaetz said, “I am very aggrieved at the punishment that was delivered to my colleague Andrew Clyde on his bill regarding pistol braces… for him standing with us and the votes we took against the rule that allowed the debt limit to be increased.”
Gaetz pledged to bring the House floor to a grinding halt, anticipating a prolonged shutdown.
“We took down the rule because we’re frustrated at the way this place is operating,” stated Rep. Gaetz. “We’re concerned that the fundamental commitments that allowed Kevin McCarthy to assume the speakership have been violated as a consequence of the debt limit deal,” he added.
The era of the Imperial Speakership is OVER!
I’m done with their failure theater. https://t.co/Ceovz4C03U pic.twitter.com/7jNJpfRz4Z
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) June 6, 2023
The conservatives’ grievances extend beyond the procedural vote, with accusations that McCarthy has deviated from the undisclosed agreement made in January. Specific concessions that the dissident Republicans seek from McCarthy remain undisclosed, but they emphasize the need to restore unity and renegotiate their role within the party.
While McCarthy met with members of the Freedom Caucus, little progress was reported, and it remains uncertain if any votes will take place on the following day. The group insists that the restoration of a fair and inclusive process is essential to rectify the perceived failures of the previous week.
As the GOP leadership grapples with the repercussions of this internal standoff, the Republican majority’s effectiveness hangs in the balance. The path forward hinges on whether leadership is willing to reciprocate and address the concerns of the the dissenting group within the conservative ranks, ultimately determining the future of the party’s legislative agenda.
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