Anti-vaccine disinformation, conspiracy theories, and fake news can often be considered counternarratives—expressions of resistance.2223 In such cases, they can be born from and fed by distrust in authorities and institutions, expressions of resistance to hegemonic ideologies and rules.23 Hegemonic legislation that could be seen as criminalising the right to express legitimate worries or pose questions would only…
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Stand for Health Freedom reports “CDC Data Disaster”
In March 2020, the CDC abruptly changed how death certificates were recorded. While this might seem like a mere formality, the CDC only made this change for one type of death — COVID-19 — and circumvented multiple federal laws to do so. Join our panel of experts — researchers, doctors, lawyers, medical ethicists, educators and…
Wall Street Journal reports “The Censorship Party”
House Democrats use a hearing to target conservative media. Imagine if a pair of Donald Trump’s allies in Congress had sent a letter to cable company CEOs in 2017 blasting CNN and other progressive media outlets and asking why their content is still broadcast. Then imagine that a GOP-run committee in Congress staged a hearing on…
Fox reports “Facebook expands push to combat COVID-19 vaccine misinformation”
Social media giant aims to inform the public on where and when they can get vaccinated Facebook on Monday said it is running the “largest worldwide campaign” to combat misinformation surrounding COVID-19 vaccines, and to inform the public on where and when they can get vaccinated. Kang-Xing Jin, the head of health at Facebook, on Monday detailed the social media giant’s…
Dr. Mercola reports “The Web of Players Trying to Silence Truth”
Any strategy that successfully manipulates public opinion is bound to be repeated, and we can now clearly see how the tobacco industry’s playbook is being used to shape the public narrative about COVID-19 and the projected post-COVID era. In 2011, after many years of raising awareness regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and industrial agriculture, we…
Fox News reports “Tucker: Big Tech attempting to censor COVID-19 vaccine dissent”
Tucker Carlson Tonight’ host slams media coverage of coronavirus vaccine as ‘totally disingenuous’ https://video.foxnews.com/v/6230627039001#sp=show-clips
Jeremy Hammond reports “Facebook ‘Fact Check’ Lies about PCR Tests and COVID-19 ‘Cases'”
Facebook’s “fact checking” feature is ostensibly intended to prevent users from becoming misinformed about important matters, but it is instead being used as a tool for political propaganda and censorship of truthful information that does not align with certain political agendas. Among other agendas, Facebook has been serving to manufacture consent for extreme “lockdown” measures in response…
Youtube reports “Republican Senator GRILLS Zuckerberg on Facebook, Google, and Twitter collaboration”
At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg gets grilled by Sen. Josh Hawley about whether his company collaborates on content moderation policy with Google and Twitter.
Billboard reports “How Ticketmaster Plans to Check Your Vaccine Status for Concerts”
Monday’s news that pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s early results on a new COVID-19 vaccine showed a 90% efficacy rate on an initial clinical trial have given concert professionals hope that the business can start mounting a return in 2021. As part of that preparation, Ticketmaster has been working on a framework for post-pandemic fan safety that uses smart phones…
Gateway Pundit reports “Analysis of Election Night Data from All States Shows MILLIONS OF VOTES Either Switched from President Trump to Biden or Were Lost — Using Dominion and Other Systems”
We’ve reported on numerous events in the 2020 election which are being referred to as system ‘glitches’ in the media. Tonight we have obtained an unaudited analysis of data available for all the states looking for system glitches and other oddities in vote counts related to the Presidential race only. Last night we reported on…