STUDY Finds Twitter Censors Conservatives over Liberals at a 21:1 Ratio
by Casey | Feb 14, 2019 | Blog, Conspiracy, Media Bias
Obviously, this isn’t surprising or new information. However, it’s always nice to have empirical data to back up your case.
It’s no secret that Twitter censors and shadow-bans conservatives. The Gateway Pundit has reported on this extensively over the past few years. We reported in July 2018 that Twitter has long been accused of censoring conservatives. Twitter was indeed censoring and shadowbanning the President of the United States, Donald Trump‘s twitter account, @realDonaldTrump. Twitter is […]
Source: SHOCKING NEW STUDY Finds Twitter Censors Conservatives over Liberals at a 21:1 Ratio
Luckily, through the use of standard statistical methods—similar to those commonly applied to calculate confidence intervals in the physical and social sciences—one may determine that the underlying population disparity (i.e. the disparity between liberal and conservative behavioral norms) would have to be quite large in order for there to be any significant likelihood of observing a randomly constituted 22-point data set characterized by the above-described 21:1 ratio. Indeed, assuming some randomness in enforcement unrelated to bias, one would have to assume that conservatives were at least four times as likely as liberals to violate Twitter’s neutrally applied terms of service to produce even a 5% chance (the standard benchmark) that a 22-data point sample would yield a result as skewed as 21-1.
Left-wing activists on college campus regularly engage in the practice of de-platforming—including the use of violence or the threat thereof as a means to prevent someone from speaking. Victims of this practice typically are conservative figures such as Ben Shapiro and Ann Coulter. At Berkley, when Milo Yiannopoulos tried to give a speech, a large mob threw stones and fireworks at police officers, and attacked members of the crowd. Around the same time, commentators noted that during the 2016 president campaign, when Bernie Sanders visited Liberty University, the evangelical institution run be Jerry Falwell, Jr., his message was met with “polite skepticism.”
Are we to believe that while prominent figures on the left encourage uncivil and even violent tactics, both on an off college campuses, their online behaviour is, with the solitary exception of Rose McGowan, universally exemplary?
Harassment and the advocacy of violence are serious issues, and there is nothing morally objectionable about social media companies removing this kind of content from their platforms. However, such laudable objectives should not be used as cover to prosecute ideological campaigns. While social media platforms are private companies, anti-discrimination laws generally allow legislators avenues to address businesses that exhibit unacceptable biases in how they treat the public.
Source: It Isn’t Your Imagination: Twitter Treats Conservatives More Harshly Than Liberals
by Casey | May 6, 2016 | Blog, Podcast
Video: Did Trump reverse his position on a minimum-wage hike? « Hot Air
No, not exactly, despite what CNN and The Hill reported last night. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer challenged Donald Trump in an interview yesterday about Trump’s claim that he would attract many of Bernie Sanders‘ supporters in a general election by focusing on the minimum-wage hike promised by both Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
It has begun. Hillary ordered the media to start going after Trump today, and Wold Blitzer is the first one to oblige. He cut Trump off right when he was explaining that messing around with the minimum wage too much hinders competitiveness. He did it later when Trump correctly pointed out Hillary’s campaign was the first to float the Obama birth certificate story too. CNN cut from the interview to Blitzer saying Hillary never made that claim. Her campaign was the original source.
Ben Carson: What if we make Ted Cruz Attorney General and have him prosecute Hillary Clinton? « Hot Air
“I think he would be terrific on the Supreme Court, or I think he would be a terrific attorney general. Or he could be both,” Carson said. “He could be attorney general first, you know, go ahead and prosecute Hillary, and then go on the Supreme Court.”
Watch: Ann Coulter Get Laughed At For Saying Trump Had Best Chance To Win | The Burning Truth
On June 19, 2015, Ann Coulter called it … sort of … but mostly.
Exclusive: President Fox Apologizes, Invites Trump to Mexico – Breitbart
“I apologize. Forgiveness is one of the greatest qualities that human beings have, is the quality of a compassionate leader. You have to be humble. You have to be compassionate. You have to love thy neighbor,” Fox explained to Breitbart News while sitting in the hotel of the J.W. Marriott in Santa Monica, California on Wednesday afternoon.
McCain on tape: Trump damages my reelection hopes
Publicly, John McCain insists Donald Trump will have a negligible effect on his campaign for reelection. But behind closed doors at a fundraiser in Arizona last month, the Republican senator and two-time presidential hopeful offered a far more dire assessment to his supporters.
Hacker ‘Guccifer’ Says He Hacked Hillary Clinton’s Email Server | The Burning Truth
“It was like an open orchid on the Internet,” Marcel Lehel Lazar, who uses the devilish handle Guccifer, told NBC News in an exclusive interview from a prison in Bucharest. “There were hundreds of folders.”
by Casey | May 5, 2016 | Blog, Daily Show Prep
Downtown South Bend wrapped in free Wi-Fi – South Bend Tribune: Local
Mayor Pete Buttigieg will announce Thursday that free, public Wi-Fi is now available from more than 30 access points within a new, downtown wireless network.
The FDA Wants More People To Die Of Lung Cancer, Moves To Stamp Out Vaping | The Daily Caller
If the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) statutory purpose is to protect public health, why is the agency using its regulatory power in a way that stands to undermine advances in public health?
FDA to Regulate E-Cigarettes, Ban Sales to Minors – WSJ
“We’re looking at the flavor issue with e-cigarettes,” said FDA Tobacco Center Director Mitch Zeller during a news conference. Later, he said, that while the agency was aware of “anecdotal reports” that e-cigarettes have helped smokers kick their habit, those benefits were outweighed by concerns about youth using the devices.
The FDA’s $36 million campaign to curb LGBT tobacco use « Hot Air
The Obama Administration has launched a $35.7 million Food and Drug Administration anti-tobacco campaign focused on lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender youth.
Our Opinion: Goal achieved, now let city’s new flag fly – South Bend Tribune: Our Opinion
Now that the city of South Bend has a new flag for the first time since 1965, it’s time to let it fly and move on.
Facebook Censoring Right-Wing Websites | LifeZette
Evidence has emerged that social media giant Facebook is effectively censoring right-wing news and websites.
Studebaker tech project lands almost $23 million to rehab former plant – South Bend Tribune: Business
The local company that’s turning the old assembly plant into a technology hub announced Wednesday that it has secured $22.9 million in financing to move ahead with the project. The complex consists of three connected buildings along Lafayette Boulevard, south of the railroad viaduct across from Four Winds Field and Union Station Technology Center.
Video: Did Trump reverse his position on a minimum-wage hike? « Hot Air
No, not exactly, despite what CNN and The Hill reported last night. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer challenged Donald Trump in an interview yesterday about Trump’s claim that he would attract many of Bernie Sanders‘ supporters in a general election by focusing on the minimum-wage hike promised by both Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
It has begun. Hillary ordered the media to start going after Trump today, and Wold Blitzer is the first one to oblige. He cut Trump off right when he was explaining that messing around with the minimum wage too much hinders competitiveness. He did it later when Trump correctly pointed out Hillary’s campaign was the first to float the Obama birth certificate story too. CNN cut from the interview to Blitzer saying Hillary never made that claim. Her campaign was the original source.
Ben Carson: What if we make Ted Cruz Attorney General and have him prosecute Hillary Clinton? « Hot Air
“I think he would be terrific on the Supreme Court, or I think he would be a terrific attorney general. Or he could be both,” Carson said. “He could be attorney general first, you know, go ahead and prosecute Hillary, and then go on the Supreme Court.”
Watch: Ann Coulter Get Laughed At For Saying Trump Had Best Chance To Win | The Burning Truth
On June 19, 2015, Ann Coulter called it … sort of … but mostly.
Exclusive: President Fox Apologizes, Invites Trump to Mexico – Breitbart
“I apologize. Forgiveness is one of the greatest qualities that human beings have, is the quality of a compassionate leader. You have to be humble. You have to be compassionate. You have to love thy neighbor,” Fox explained to Breitbart News while sitting in the hotel of the J.W. Marriott in Santa Monica, California on Wednesday afternoon.
McCain on tape: Trump damages my reelection hopes
Publicly, John McCain insists Donald Trump will have a negligible effect on his campaign for reelection. But behind closed doors at a fundraiser in Arizona last month, the Republican senator and two-time presidential hopeful offered a far more dire assessment to his supporters.
Hacker ‘Guccifer’ Says He Hacked Hillary Clinton’s Email Server | The Burning Truth
“It was like an open orchid on the Internet,” Marcel Lehel Lazar, who uses the devilish handle Guccifer, told NBC News in an exclusive interview from a prison in Bucharest. “There were hundreds of folders.”
