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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The year 2024 has not yet begun‚ but election-interfering censorship is well underway as Big Tech companies have already censored every presidential candidate.  Big Tech manipulated the message of all 2024 presidential candidates at least once‚ but far and away‚ Big Tech chose to focus its ire on incumbent Democrat President Joe Biden’s opponents. MRC researchers recorded a total of 169 cases of censorship against the 2024 presidential primary candidates to date in MRC’s exclusive CensorTrack.org database. A total of 162 of those cases of censorship were against Biden’s opponents. From censoring candidates’ campaign websites‚ to fact checks‚ to removing content and accounts altogether‚ social media platforms have been hard at work interfering in the upcoming election and silencing the voices of those who seek to represent and lead the United States. Big Tech censorship impacted the accounts of all 23 candidates that MRC has been tracking regardless of party affiliation‚ but it has been particularly harmful for Biden’s opponents. Big Tech companies censored Biden opponents a whopping 162 times combined. Meanwhile‚ Biden was censored only 7 times. These numbers do not include community notes. Of Biden’s opponents‚ Big Tech censored political newcomer and Strive Asset Management co-founder Vivek Ramaswamy the most (18 times). The candidates are ordered below by number of times censored: Every major Big Tech social media company participated in the election-interfering censorship. Google‚ YouTube‚ Facebook‚ X (formerly Twitter)‚ Instagram‚ LinkedIn and TikTok each censored at least one candidate one or more times. Google was the worst offender as it censored every candidate except Biden a combined total of 112 times. Below are the total number of times each platform censored a presidential candidate: Big Tech managed to censor former President Donald Trump nine times despite his continued absence from most major social media platforms. “Trump created his own platform Truth Social and isn't on the other platforms. And yet‚ he’s still the fifth-most censored candidate‚” joked MRC President Brent Bozell. Big Tech platforms censored Trump a total of nine times with the biggest offenders being Google’s Search and YouTube. Google has repeatedly suppressed Trump’s campaign website and YouTube left context labels under his YouTube videos asserting that Trump did not win the 2020 election even when he did not mention the previous election in the actual video. Big Tech repeatedly silenced Biden’s biggest threat to the Democratic nomination. Biden’s chief in-party rival Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received the brunt of the censorship on the Democratic side. Big Tech blistered Kennedy Jr. with censorship 15 times before he reclassified as an independent presidential candidate. YouTube has been particularly harsh to Kennedy Jr.‚ as it deleted seven videos featuring interviews with the now-Independent candidate when he spoke on the COVID-19 pandemic‚ vaccines or the assassination of his father. After making the switch‚ Kennedy Jr. was censored one time by Google and once by YouTube. Big Tech has also censored each of Biden’s other Democratic opponents: Dean Phillips four times‚ Marianne Williamson three times and Cenk Uygur twice. The Big Tech censorship offenders included: Google Search‚ Google’s AI chatbot Bard‚ Google-owned YouTube‚ Meta‚ X and YouTube.  Elon Musk’s X platform tampered with presidential candidates’ messages at least 115 times through Community Notes. The X platform tacked a total of 115 Community Notes onto numerous presidential candidate’s posts. President Biden’s content received fifty-four of these notes attached to his often wildly inaccurate posts‚ making him the most censored presidential candidate on the platform. Former President Trump was next in line as the second most censored candidate on X. While Trump has made only one post on X since returning to the platform‚ his campaign runs several X accounts. X’s Community Notes censored those accounts at least 33 times. Big Tech censorship has harmed users of social media accounts 1‚462‚404‚739 times through secondhand censorship of presidential candidates. When Big Tech censors a candidate it doesn’t simply impact that candidate’s account but also everyone who follows that candidate's account. The 169 cases of censorship‚ sans Community Notes‚ amount to 54‚234‚791 times Big Tech harmed users through secondhand censorship. However‚ Community Notes on X account for the vast majority of times users were affected by secondhand censorship‚ totaling 1‚408‚169‚948 times X harmed users with its fact-checking system. After X‚ YouTube censorship impacted the most users through secondhand censorship‚ amounting to 30‚993‚922 times users were harmed by Big Tech’s meddling. Alarming Election Interference! Big Tech Censors Biden Opponents 162 Times Leading up to the 2020 presidential election‚ Big Tech companies conspired in multiple ways to influence the election — and now they’re doing it again. Big Tech heavily suppressed the story of the Hunter Biden laptop‚ the suppression of which‚ according to MRC polling‚ led to Joe Biden winning the presidency. Meanwhile‚ the same tech giants allowed the broad proliferation of the Russia collusion hoax‚ leaving voters to suspect former President Donald Trump was a Russian asset when he was not. Americans have not even begun voting for primary candidates for the 2024 presidential election and Big Tech is already back to its same proven tactics of election interference. MRC Free Speech America researchers have documented 169 cases of censorship against the 2024 presidential primary candidates to date in MRC’s exclusive CensorTrack.org database. This number does not include censorship perpetrated by X through Community Notes‚ which is addressed specifically in another section. All presidential candidates‚ regardless of party affiliation‚ have been affected by this election interference to varying degrees. But it is clear that Big Tech has reserved the preponderance of its censorship efforts for President Joe Biden’s opponents. Biden’s opponents were censored a whopping 162 times combined. Meanwhile‚ Biden was censored only 7 times. Of Biden’s opponents‚ Big Tech censored political newcomer and Strive Asset Management co-founder Vivek Ramaswamy the most (18 times). Big Tech’s Orwellian censorship covered a wide range of topics. The most frequently censored posts on X addressed economic issues. On other platforms‚ posts about COVID-19 and vaccines‚ abortion and climate change were censored most frequently. Other topics censored included guns‚ education‚ race‚ crime‚ immigration‚ the left’s radical “transgender” ideology and discussion of previous elections. “It's clear that if you are a presidential candidate and you touch one of the left's sacred cows‚ Big Tech is going to come down on you like a ton of bricks.” MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider said. “I think the only way Donald Trump avoided topping the list of the most censored was by starting his own social media company. But Google and YouTube still found ways to silence him‚ too.” Big Tech manipulated the message of every 2024 presidential candidate at least once‚ but far and away‚ Big Tech chose to focus its ire on Biden’s opponents. Google was responsible for the most wide-spread election interfering-censorship of presidential primary candidates — with every Biden opponent affected. Google-owned YouTube worked to interfere in the election with 37 cases that ranged from context labels to outright removal of seven videos featuring Independent candidate and environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy‚ Jr.  Meta-owned platforms Facebook and Instagram combined for a total of 11 fact checks and one disabled account. Additionally‚ there were five cases of X impeding candidate messaging including cases of sensitive content filters‚ reduced distribution and even an account suspension. LinkedIn and TikTok were not innocent either‚ as both platforms censored at least one candidate. Highlighted below are the most censored Biden opponents‚ excluding Republicans who did not qualify for the third and most recent Republican debate‚ or have dropped out. Big Tech censored Vivek Ramaswamy a total of 18 times‚ according to CensorTrack data. Ramaswamy was censored multiple times by Google‚ including its YouTube platform‚ as well as by LinkedIn‚ with his opinion on climate change landing him in the most trouble with the Big Tech oligarchs. Of all the tech giants‚ Google censored Ramaswamy the most. Including not showing Ramaswamy’s campaign website on the first page of its search results‚ Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Bard left him off its list when MRC researchers asked it to rank the 2024 presidential candidates. Google-owned YouTube also flagged 10 of Ramaswamy’s videos with context labels‚ the majority of which responded to the candidate's critique of what he calls “the climate change cult.” According to the label‚ “Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns‚ mainly caused by human activities‚ especially the burning of fossil fuels.” YouTube then links out to UN climate propaganda. Ramaswamy’s thoughts on climate change seem to repeatedly get him into trouble with Big Tech. YouTube labeled eight Ramaswamy videos about climate change as needing more context‚ and LinkedIn temporarily suspended his account in May alleging that his statements on climate change and Biden’s China policy included “misleading or inaccurate information‚” according to screenshots posted on X by Ramaswamy.  LinkedIn cited three specific posts that allegedly violated the platform’s User Agreement and Professional Community Policies. Ramaswamy questioned what he called the “climate agenda” or the “climate religion” and the ESG movement by extension in two of the posts. Ramaswamy also said that “[t]he CCP is playing the Biden administration like a Chinese mandolin” in the third post.  MRC Free Speech America reached out to LinkedIn at the time for an explanation of why it censored a presidential candidate. A spokesperson told the MRC that it had restored access to Ramaswamy’s account and that it took action “in error.” Ramaswamy addressed this claim in an X post‚ saying‚ “This wasn’t a technical glitch‚ it was an intentional act of censorship of my views on Biden‚ China‚ and climate change. Typical Big Tech behavior: trying to cover their tracks after egregious election interference.” Big Tech also interfered with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s posts 17 times‚ according to CensorTrack data. Kennedy was also hit hard by Google and YouTube‚ but while YouTube only added context labels to Ramaswamy’s videos‚ the platform outright deleted seven videos featuring interviews with the now-Independent candidate. YouTube has been one of the most aggressive censors of Kennedy’s speech. The platform has removed seven videos of Kennedy’s appearances on various podcasts‚ including interviews he did with renowned psychologist Jordan Peterson‚ Project Veritas and O’Keefe Media Group founder James O’Keefe and former boxer and podcast host Mike Tyson. In all cases‚ Kennedy discussed either the COVID-19 pandemic‚ vaccines or the assassination of his father. Google’s AI chatbot Bard refused to list Kennedy when asked to rank the 2024 presidential candidates‚ although he was polling higher than DeSantis at the time of the query. The chatbot also failed to list Kennedy when asked to rank the 2024 Democratic presidential candidates‚ though he was running as a Democrat at that time and was polling as Biden’s most significant challenger in the Democratic field. Facebook got in on the act as well‚ having slapped three so-called fact checks onto posts of Kennedy discussing various medical topics. In one post Kennedy mentioned lawsuits related to potential side effects of Tylenol in pregnancy. “Hundreds of ‘Tylenol lawsuits’ already have been filed against retailers and manufacturers of acetaminophen — but that number could soon reach into the thousands‚ according to an attorney who spoke to The Defender‚” he wrote in his post. Kennedy linked to an article about the issue on Children's Health Defense. Facebook’s label claimed his post was‚ “Missing context” and that so-called “Independent fact-checkers say this information could mislead people.” The label links to a Health Feedback fact-check article that does not dispute that Tylenol retailers and manufacturers are being sued‚ nor the reasons why they are being sued as Kennedy’s post simply stated. Instead‚ the fact check attacked the arguments of one side of the lawsuit‚ claiming that those suing Tylenol are wrong in their conclusions. Google‚ X and YouTube suppressed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s posts 14 different times‚ according to CensorTrack data. Google suppressed Haley’s campaign website from searches‚ while YouTube hit seven of her videos with two different forms of censorship. As YouTube did in the case of Ramaswamy‚ the platform placed six context labels on Haley’s videos‚ including four that featured her speaking about her stance on abortion policy. All four of the videos featured Haley highlighting her belief that it is not useful to discuss a national abortion ban after a certain number of weeks because it is not realistic to get the 60 Senate votes needed to pass such a ban. Instead‚ she emphasized her goal to pass laws that can gain a national consensus‚ such as eliminating late-term abortions‚ making adoption and contraception more accessible and refusing to criminalize mothers for having abortions. “An abortion is a procedure to end a pregnancy‚” YouTube euphemistically wrote in the label. “It uses medicine or surgery to remove the embryo or fetus and placenta from the uterus. The procedure is done by a licensed healthcare professional.” The platform also linked to a National Institute of Health page about abortion and a sanitized description of what an abortion is. YouTube also age-restricted one of Haley’s tough-on-crime video campaign ads that featured clips of rampant crime in American cities. Although possibly well-meaning at times‚ age-restrictions severely limit a video’s reach. Documentarian and CEO of Good Kid Productions Rob Montz explained this concern in an op-ed for The Daily Wire after YouTube age-restricted one of his videos last December. “In practice‚ age restriction is a death knell: The video can’t be embedded on external websites; viewers have to sign in before they can watch it; and it receives scant – if any – boost from YouTube’s recommendation algorithm‚ which is a crucial source of views‚” Montz said. MRC Free Speech America additionally caught Google burying Haley’s campaign website in six separate search queries. Big Tech disrupted former President Trump’s posts nine times‚ according to CensorTrack data. Given that most Big Tech companies removed former President Trump from their platforms in 2021‚ Trump has mostly kept to his own Truth Social platform. But even still‚ YouTube managed to target three of his campaign ads‚ and Google also suppressed his campaign website in multiple searches. When MRC Free Speech America searched for “republican presidential campaign websites” Google suppressed search results for the leading Republican 2024 presidential candidate‚ Trump. The search did‚ however‚ include a link to a Library of Congress page that referenced Trump’s 2020 campaign website‚ but even the link referenced was dead. Google’s search platform also failed to display Trump’s presidential campaign website in five other general and party-specific searches for presidential candidates’ official campaign websites. YouTube also tagged three of Trump’s 2024 campaign ads with context labels for discussing the 2020 presidential election. One of his videos that YouTube censored was titled “Starting Day One” and explained why Trump is the only candidate who can “make America great again” starting on day one of his presidency‚ unlike the “Trump imposters” running against him. Another video titled “Make America Great For Us Again!” slammed Biden’s policies and touted Trump’s accomplishments. Trump also had an ad that criticized his various indictments‚ saying‚ “these radical leftists want to interfere with our elections using law enforcement.” None of the videos mentioned the 2020 election specifically. A simple search on YouTube for the words “2020 United States Election” shows that the platform adds labels to many videos that discuss the outcome of the 2020 election regardless of political persuasion. However‚ the platform’s “context” leads to a Wikipedia page that only offers one perspective – a leftist one. Many of these labels were also added to videos related to the 2024 presidential election‚ including the three Trump videos discussed above. Both Google and X interfered with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s posts a total of seven times‚ according to CensorTrack data. Google and X have both suppressed DeSantis‚ Google burying the Florida governor’s campaign website in search results and X suppressing two of his posts. X applied a sensitive content filter to one post while adding a “Visibility Limited” warning label to another. X suppressed a post and accompanying clip taken from Republican candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis’s State of the State speech where he touched on the horrors of child gender transition and referenced the story of Chloe Cole‚ a young woman who transitioned as a teen. Cole later de-transitioned and now shares her harrowing story. “Children are not guinea pigs for science experiments‚ and we cannot allow people to make money off mutilating them. Thank you‚ Chloe‚ for sharing your story – Florida is listening‚” he wrote in his post. Twitter (now X) placed a warning label below the video with a message that read “Visibility Limited: this Tweet may violate Twitter’s rules against Hateful Conduct‚” according to a screenshot from Chaya Raichik‚ the creator of Libs of TikTok. After receiving backlash‚ the platform later lifted its suppression of the post. The X platform similarly placed a sensitive content filter over a post from DeSantis that included a video of a press conference he conducted called “Exposing the Book Ban Hoax.” The event began with a video outlining three myths along with corresponding facts relating to media narratives about book and curriculum bans in Florida. The filter was likely added because the initial video included graphic images from books found in Florida schools‚ such as “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe‚ “Flamer” by Mike Curato and “Let’s Talk About It: The Teen’s Guide To Sex‚ Relationships‚ and Being Human” by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan. MRC Free Speech America also caught Google burying DeSantis’s campaign website in five separate search queries. Google suppressed former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) in seven different searches on Google and Bard. MRC Free Speech America’s search for “republican presidential campaign websites” on Google did not return search results for most Republican candidates‚ including Christie. Google’s search platform also failed to display Christie’s presidential campaign website in five other general and party-specific searches for presidential candidates’ official campaign websites. Even Google’s AI chatbot Bard failed to list Christie when asked to rank the 2024 presidential candidates. Big Tech stifled all other candidates at least once‚ according to CensorTrack data. Big Tech platforms hit all of the presidential candidates with some form of censorship at least once. During his brief ten-week run‚ Google even managed to suppress former Republican candidate and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez from search results once. The only candidate not censored by Google (yet) is newly announced Green Party candidate Jill Stein who entered the race after MRC’s latest Google search study was conducted. Democrat candidate Dean Phillips (censored four times total)‚ for example‚ received a climate change label from Google-owned YouTube on a video titled: “KSTP: Phillips‚ Minnesotans pursue common ground on climate change solutions.” X suspended Phillips’s newly created official campaign account on the day it went live‚ shortly after the first post was made announcing his candidacy. X did not make available a reason for the suspension‚ and the notice only claimed that “X suspends accounts which violate the X Rules.” The account was restored the following day. Meta-owned platforms Facebook and Instagram each placed fact-check labels on former Republican candidate and radio host Larry Elder’s posts‚ Facebook doing so six times and Instagram once. The alleged fact checks were often placed on memes shared by Elder‚ including one making light of an incoherent speech given by Vice President Kamala Harris. Instagram also temporarily disabled Stein’s account for allegedly violating its Community Guidelines on “account integrity and authentic identity.” Google suppressed every announced presidential candidate at least once‚ with the exception of Biden‚ in general or party-specific searches for “presidential campaign websites‚” or when MRC researchers asked Google’s AI Bard to rank the 2024 presidential candidates: Democratic presidential candidates Marianne Williamson‚ Cenk Uygur and Rep. Dean Phillips (MN) - Google’s AI chatbot Bard completely ignored Williamson’s candidacy when asked to rank the 2024 presidential candidates. Additionally‚ Phillips’s and Uygur’s presidential campaign websites did not appear on the first page of search results on Google’s search platform in either a party-specific search or a generic search for presidential candidate campaign websites after each had announced their bid for the White House. Presidential candidates Cornel West (Independent) and Chase Oliver (Libertarian) - Both candidates’ presidential campaign websites did not appear on the first page of Google’s search results; nor did their names appear in results on Google’s Bard AI chatbot. Republican presidential primary candidates - The following Republican candidates’ campaign websites did not appear on the first page of search results when MRC researchers searched Google for “presidential campaign websites”: Tim Scott‚ Corey Stapleton‚ Asa Hutchinson‚ Ryan Binkley‚ Doug Burgum‚ Mike Pence‚ Chris Christie‚ Perry Johnson‚ Elder and Will Hurd. Meanwhile‚ Elder‚ Stapleton‚ Hutchinson‚ Binkley‚ Burgum‚ Christie‚ Johnson and Hurd were nowhere to be found when MRC researchers asked Bard to “rank the 2024 presidential candidates.” Elon Musk’s X platform tampered with presidential candidates’ messages at least 115 times through Community Notes. The X platform tacked a total of 115 Community Notes onto numerous presidential accounts. Fifty-four of them were appended to President Biden's posts‚ making him the most censored presidential candidate on the platform. Community Notes are added by a selected group of X users to clarify or correct posts and only appear on the post if enough Community Notes users rate the note as helpful. Community Notes represent X’s efforts to influence the perception of certain posts and stand as a gatekeeper between content creators and their followers. They are a crowdsourced alternative to so-called expert fact checking‚ and while some on the right have even professed to liking the results‚ the warning labels are a form of censorship‚ albeit by a different name. Musk recently admitted that his X platform will begin demonetizing any post flagged with a Community Note‚ thus making the censorship wielded through a Community Note more blatant. X also declared it would begin pushing notifications about newly added Community Notes to users who had previously engaged with the affected post. Censoring Biden the most‚ X often fact checked the president’s wildly inaccurate claims about the state of the American economy. In a Dec. 14‚ 2022 X post‚ the official X account for the president touted allegedly good economic news. “Wages have gone up more than prices the last few months. And in a few weeks – starting in January – families will get even more breathing room when our plan to lower drug costs‚ health insurance premiums‚ and energy bills goes into effect‚" the official President Biden account claimed. X community notes‚ however‚ noted that this claim was misleading. "Wage growth (2.2%) has grown more than inflation (0.2%) only over the last measured quarter‚” the note read. “Over the last two[-]year period‚ wages (7.2%) have increased roughly half as much as inflation (14.0%).” The note included several links to support the fact check. In other posts that received Community Notes‚ Biden similarly claimed that the U.S. had the lowest inflation rate among G7 countries‚ which is also not true. Biden also claimed that his administration created 13.373 million jobs in the first 30 months of his time in office‚ ignoring that many of those jobs were simply a result of the economic rebound following the downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic. Community Notes were similarly applied calling out Biden’s false statements. The next most censored candidate on the platform was former President Trump. While Trump has made only one post on X since returning to the platform‚ his campaign runs several accounts on the platform. X’s Community Notes censored those accounts at least 33 times. In one example‚ Trump War Room‚ an official account for Trump’s presidential campaign‚ posted‚ "Trump Is Top Choice for Nearly 60% of GOP Voters‚ WSJ Poll Shows." The post included a link to The Wall Street Journal article with the same headline. X added a Community Note with added context that read "For added context: Tony Fabrizio is polling for Trump's super PAC MAGA Inc.‚ and was Trump’s chief pollster in the 2016 and 2020 campaigns. He also helps conduct the Wall Street Journal polls.” The note linked to the results of the survey‚ Fabrizio’s polling firm Fabrizio‚ Lee &; Associates‚ and articles from Axios and The Journal that support the note’s claims. Other candidates who were censored on X by Community Notes included:  Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign‚ which had ten X posts labeled with Community Notes. Democratic candidate Cenk Uygur‚ whose X posts about his eligibility to serve as president given his birth in Turkey‚ received six Community Notes. Robert F. Kennedy‚ Jr.‚ who had four X posts affected by Community Notes. Gov. Ron DeSantis’s campaign‚ which received three Community Notes on X posts. Larry Elder‚ who had two X posts flagged with Community Notes.  Chris Christie‚ who had one X post flagged with a Community Note. Mayor Francis Suarez‚ who had one X post affected by a Community Note. Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein‚ who had one X post containing her campaign announcement video labeled with a Community Note. Big Tech censorship has harmed users of social media accounts 1‚462‚404‚739 times through secondhand censorship of presidential candidates. MRC Free Speech America has been quantifying the impact of Big Tech’s bias and censorship through the harm of secondhand censorship. This number represents the number of times Big Tech prevented users from being able to view posted content unencumbered. Instead‚ these users were either unable to see the content because it was removed‚ or were otherwise subject to an attempt to influence the message being conveyed to the user through use of fact checks‚ context labels‚ sensitive content filters or other Big Tech censorship forms. The 169 cases of non-Community Note censorship amount to 54‚234‚791 times Big Tech harmed users through secondhand censorship. Community Notes on X‚ however‚ account for the vast majority of times users were affected by secondhand censorship‚ totaling 1‚408‚169‚948 times users were harmed by the X platform’s fact-checking system. After X‚ YouTube censorship impacted the most users through secondhand censorship‚ amounting to 30‚993‚922 times users were harmed by Big Tech’s meddling. The Media Research Center previously reported on how Big Tech interfered in the 2020 presidential election through censorship policies that effectively controlled what information was shared on social media platforms. As noted in that report‚ an MRC poll revealed that Big Tech and Big Media election interference changed the outcome of the 2020 election. Big Tech interference in the 2024 presidential election is already clear. MRC Free Speech America will continue to closely monitor the actions of Big Tech platforms to ensure that any further interference is documented. Social media purportedly provides a way for candidates to communicate directly with voters‚ circumventing the well-documented bias of the leftist legacy media‚ but when social media platforms use censorship to shape what users see and how candidates’ messages are conveyed‚ they fail not only their users‚ but the electoral process as well. Methodology In advance of the 2024 election‚ MRC Free Speech America researchers have monitored the social media accounts of all presidential candidates deemed “notable” by Ballotpedia‚ including campaign‚ personal and professional accounts.  MRC Free Speech America is tracking and documenting Big Tech election interference with presidential candidate accounts and candidate messaging. These cases are then added to our exclusive CensorTrack.org database. MRC began tracking censorship of presidential candidates with the announcement of the first candidate‚ Republican Corey Stapleton‚ on Nov. 11‚ 2021‚ and checked each official account through Thanksgiving‚ Nov. 23‚ 2023 back to this date for consistency.

MSNBC’s “very high standard” on facts is not as high it may claim as it welcomed so-called human rights attorney and Professor Noura Erakat accused Israel of ethnic cleansing and genocide. Additionally‚ Erakat pretended to be a military expert as she claimed Israel hasn’t achieved anything‚ ignored evidence of terrorist activity at Gaza Hospitals‚ displayed a shocking bit of hypocrisy‚ called Palestinians in prison for terrorism “hostages‚” and memory-holed the over 1‚200 Israelis that were killed on October 7. Just a typical Monday on The ReidOut. Host Joy Reid began by using Hamas’s propaganda that does not distinguish between combatant and non-combatant deaths or deaths caused by malfunctioning terrorist weapons‚ “I want to start with the question of these releases on both sides. It's been 40-some odd days and 14‚000 deaths. I have seen some of your interviews in which you questioned whether this many deaths were needed to get these prisoners out. What do you make of the fact this pause is happening now‚ so many deaths later?”     Erakat wasted no time getting to the lies: Thanks‚ Joy. I’ve actually been really clear that I think that Israel has waged‚ now we're on day 52‚ a campaign that is not a military campaign but what is very clearly an ethnic cleansing campaign that is not achieved any military advantage. After 52 days and an incredible humanitarian toll of 14‚800 deaths including 6‚000 children‚ 4‚000 women‚ 36‚000 injured‚ 60 journalists‚ where my colleague -- points out that Israel has killed more U.N. staffers than Hamas leaders.  On one hand‚ Erakat wants to condemn Israel for the aforementioned dubious casualty reports‚ but on the other she wants to condemn Israel for urging Palestinians to evacuate the combat zone. Secondly‚ there is more to fighting an enemy army than killing its leaders‚ but Erakat was not done playing military analyst: They have not achieved anything through that campaign‚ that onslaught of what legal scholars and genocide scholars has described as genocidal. In fact‚ the agreement they had just agreed to in terms of the exchange of hostages for hostages‚ many of these Palestinians should be understood as hostages as they're not prisoners‚ they did not have adequate due process. Many of them‚ 2‚000 of the 8‚000 in captivity are held under administrative detention without charge or trial. This very same agreement was extended in the first week after October 7th. Israel could have achieved it immediately.” Again‚ there is a lot there. First‚ Israel is not waging genocide‚ that’s simply a lie told by political hacks. Second‚ Palestinian prisoners are not hostages. For example‚ the prisoner CBS celebrated was caught on video. Third‚ it is true that Hamas was talking of truces early on‚ but that simply ignores all the people who were not taken hostage‚ but simply murdered after several preceding ceasefires. Undeterred by facts‚ Erakat kept rolling‚ “It could have achieved it before the ground incursion that began on October 27th. It could have achieved it before the gutting and the incursion of Al-Shifa Hospital‚ and now 26 out of 35 hospitals.” Nothing about the terrorist infrastructure there‚ but Erakat continued‚ again ignoring all the people Hamas murdered: Israel did not increase its negotiating leverage‚ but what it did do was mete out this incredible‚ incredible high civilian humanitarian harm‚ then we are pointing out that the purpose was not in fact to release the hostages which they could have released through this diplomatic exchange‚ this diplomatic process‚ a political process‚ but was in fact a campaign intended to do what many Israeli leaders have told us‚ which is to turn Gaza into a parking lot‚ which is to ethnically cleanse the north of Gaza‚ below the Wadi-Gaza Line. Speaking of ethnic cleansing‚ it appears Erakat is simply upset that Israel won’t allow Hamas to ethnically cleanse Israel which is a perverted thing for a “human rights” activist to be upset over. Here is a transcript for the November 27 show: MSNBC The ReidOut 11/27/2023 7:23 PM ET JOY REID: I want to start with the question of these releases on both sides. It's been 40-some odd days and 14‚000 deaths. I have seen some of your interviews in which you questioned whether this many deaths were needed to get these prisoners out. What do you make of the fact this pause is happening now‚ so many deaths later?  NOURA ERAKAT: Thanks‚ Joy. I’ve actually been really clear that I think that Israel has waged‚ now we're on day 52‚ a campaign that is not a military campaign but what is very clearly an ethnic cleansing campaign that is not achieved any military advantage. After 52 days and an incredible humanitarian toll of 14‚800 deaths including 6‚000 children‚ 4‚000 women‚ 36‚000 injured‚ 60 journalists‚ where my colleague -- points out that Israel has killed more U.N. staffers than Hamas leaders.  They have not achieved anything through that campaign‚ that onslaught of what legal scholars and genocide scholars has described as genocidal. In fact‚ the agreement they had just agreed to in terms of the exchange of hostages for hostages‚ many of these Palestinians should be understood as hostages as they're not prisoners‚ they did not have adequate due process. It could have achieved it before the ground incursion that began on October 27th. It could have achieved it before the gutting and the incursion of Al-Shifa Hospital‚ and now 26 out of 35 hospitals. It's precisely why we can see now‚ if there has been no military advantage‚ if no -- Israel did not increase its negotiating leverage‚ but what it did do was mete out this incredible‚ incredible high civilian humanitarian harm‚ then we are pointing out that the purpose was not in fact to release the hostages which they could have released through this diplomatic exchange‚ this diplomatic process‚ a political process‚ but was in fact a campaign intended to do what many Israeli leaders have told us‚ which is to turn Gaza into a parking lot‚ which is to ethnically cleanse the north of Gaza‚ below the Wadi-Gaza Line. Now‚ 1.7 million Palestinians or 70 percent of the population has been displaced‚ and former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked says that they won't return‚ but they should be distributed as refugees across the world.  This is why we're saying now it's not enough that we just focus on the refugees‚ because even those Palestinians that have been returned into the general population can be rearrested under a military occupation where there is no due process or oversight‚ what is an apartheid regime‚ and that Israel must be held to account for this amount of destruction that it caused. We cannot turn our eye or attention away from it. 

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s newly released plan to fight so-called misinformation‚ disinformation and malinformation (“MDM”) came under quick condemnation from various quarters on social media over concerns that the plan marked the creation of a “Ministry of Truth.” However‚ the plan represents an even more draconian tool to silence free speech‚ all under the guise of “media literacy.” But what exactly is “media literacy”? Announced as a plan to fight an alleged increase in islamophobia and anti-Semitism‚ Hochul deployed the state government to birth a “Media Literacy Tool Kit for K-12 Schools” aimed at teaching students and educators how to “spot conspiracy theories” online. “Media literacy‚” as unveiled by MRC Free Speech America‚ is the latest buzzword in the left’s toolkit to thwart media critical of the Biden agenda and the Democratic Party. Outlets that pass left-wing rubrics are deemed reliable or credible‚ while those that break away from the left and legacy media narrative are slapped down as unreliable or lacking in credibility. Related: MRC ORIGINAL: Media Literacy Firm Rigged to Favor Left-Wing Media Hochul’s plan sounds eerily similar to the language used by leftist media ratings firms like NewsGuard and Ad Fontes‚ and blacklisting entities‚ like the Global Disinformation Index (GDI)‚ all of which have been exposed for their extremist left-wing biases. Hochul even suggested that molding children to their agenda is the goal of the infamous “Media Literacy Tool Kit.” “By teaching younger New Yorkers about how to discern between digital fact and digital fiction‚ we can better inoculate them from hatred and the spread of it‚” Hochul claimed in her Nov. 21 press conference‚ before directing Jackie Bray‚ the commissioner of the state’s Homeland Security and Emergency Services to implement such tool. Echoing Hochul’s opening remarks‚ Bray claimed that “media literacy” will be used as a pre-law enforcement tool‚ aimed at making children less “susceptible” to so-called online disinformation.  “It's about helping them recognize how to be smart about sources of information‚ about what's a primary source versus secondary source; what maybe does the person providing that content want you to think; what might be the agenda behind that; and how you can seek out trusted Information‚” Bray declared. When pressed about who will participate in the creation of such a “media literacy” plan‚ Bray hinted at the role of “academics” and alleged that New York will duplicate other states’ media literacy plans.  Some of the companies taking a leading role in promoting media literacy requirements include Ad Fontes and NewsGuards‚ both of which became subject to MRC Free Speech America exposes. Take Ad Fontes‚ for example — the self-anointed arbiter of truth and facts which was found to cheerlead left-wing media while thrashing right-leaning media with scathingly low ratings. Notably‚ as shown in the testimonial page‚ Ad Fontes has successfully pushed its anti-conservative‚ anti-free speech ratings to some of the nation’s schools‚ including Chicago Public Schools‚ Kentridge High School and Lancaster High School. Related: STUDY: NewsGuard Ratings System STILL Heavily Biased in Favor of Left-Wing Media Outlets NewsGuard‚ the government-funded internet traffic cop‚ has been exposed — not once but twice — for disproportionately having skewed its ratings in favor of left-wing media outlets while consistently choking right-leaning outlets with negative scores for reliability.    But wait‚ there’s more. As detailed by the Washington Examiner‚ GDI faced its share of disturbing allegations‚ reportedly publishing blacklists and advocating for the defunding of outlets such as the New York Post‚ The Daily Wire‚ Real Clear Politics and The Federalist. Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency‚ clarity on hate speech and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored‚ contact us using CensorTrack’s contact form‚ and help us hold Big Tech accountable.

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Israeli officials announced on Monday that Elon Musk's Starlink can operate over Gaza‚ but only if it is approved by the Jewish state. The development comes after Musk visited Israel amid being accused of anti-Semitism. Shlomo Karhi‚ Israel's minister of communications‚ took to X on Monday to congratulate Musk on the development‚ writing: "Elon Musk‚ I congratulate you for reaching a principle understanding with the Ministry of Communications under my leadership. As a result of this significant agreement‚ Starlink satellite units can only be operated in Israel with the approval of the Israeli Ministry of Communications‚ including the Gaza Strip." — (@) "As the State of Israel fights against Hamas - ISIS‚ this understanding is vital‚ as is it for everyone who desires a better world‚ free of evil and free of anti-Semitism‚ for our children's sake.""During your time in Israel‚ I hope that you will be able to gain valuable insight‚ and that it will serve as a springboard for future endeavors‚ as well as enhance your relationship with the Jewish people and values we share with the entire world."The deal has not yet been confirmed by Musk or Starlink‚ but it would make good on the billionaire's offer to provide internet access to Gaza after the Jewish state cut off communications and internet use while it carried out a ground attack in the region after Hamas militants launched a surprise assault on October 7‚ according to Business Insider. Israel's Ministry of Communications and Starlink did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The development seems to be a complete turnaround from the Jewish state's initial position on Musk using Starlink to provide internet access in the region.Karhi previously noted that if Gaza were to be given internet access‚ Hamas terrorists would exploit it in an attempt to carry out further attacks against Israel.Musk's offer to provide Starlink access in Gaza was also met with strong opposition‚ with some claiming that he was anti-Semitic for doing so. An X user recently wrote on the platform‚ "Jewish communties have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them." — (@) "I'm deeply disinterested in giving the tiniest s**t now about western Jewish populations coming to the disturbing realization that those hordes of minorities that support flooding their country don't exactly like them too much."In response‚ Musk simply responded: "You have said the actual truth." — (@) It was then speculated that Musk's post hinted at the the "great replacement theory‚" which suggests that nonwhite immigrants are flooding into the West in an effort to replace the white population there.Now‚ it appears Musk has gained the favor of those within Israel's ranks‚ with Karhi even thanking the billionaire for what he has offered to do in Gaza.It is not known when or if Starlink will be made available in Gaza.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Buffalo Bills defensive end Shaq Lawson apologized after cellphone video caught him appearing to hit a Philadelphia Eagles fan in the stands during Sunday's game in the City of Brotherly Love."Those of you who know me know that I'm all about the fans‚ and I have a lot of respect for the game I play and my opponents‚" Lawson wrote on Instagram on Monday‚ according to ESPN. "Before the game started yesterday‚ there was a fan behind our bench‚ who was making life threatening remarks towards us and our families. We asked Philadelphia security to remove the fan‚ but he was allowed to stay for the entire game. Eventually‚ our emotions boiled over‚ and I made a mistake. For that‚ I apologize‚ but there are certain lines that should not be crossed." Lawson's Instagram account was on the "private" setting Tuesday morning.What happened?Video shows four Bills players walking from their bench to the stands to confront an Eagles fan. Bills defensive tackle Jordan Phillips — who stands 6 feet‚ 6 inches tall‚ weighs 341 pounds‚ and wears the number 97 jersey — gets into the face of the fan‚ who continues to yell from the stands while holding what appears to be a Miller Lite beer can.Lawson — who stands 6 feet‚ 3 inches tall‚ weighs 265 pounds‚ and wears the number 90 jersey — is just behind and to the right of Phillips and is seen appearing to strike the fan with his right hand as the hooting and hollering intensify. Content warning: F-bombs and raised middle fingers: — (@) Phillips — using similar words and phrases as Lawson — also claimed on Instagram that he and his family were threatened: "I love the crowd I love rowdy fans it makes the game fun. But one thing I'm not going to tolerate is someone threatening me or my family. This is a line that shouldn't be crossed."Here's video of the incident from the opposite angle: — (@) The following video contains four cuts showing the same Bills players getting angry at Eagles fans during the game; it's not clear if what is depicted in the video was recorded before or after Lawson apparently hitting the fan: — (@) In one cut from the above clip‚ Lawson appears to visually suggest putting an Eagles fan to sleep‚ which can be viewed as a euphemism for knocking out an adversary: Image source: X video screenshot via @DrDutchTweets‚ compositeBelow is another set of videos showing Bills players reacting angrily to Eagles fans. One clip also features a guy who claims he sat near the fan Lawson apparently hit and that Phillips threatened to the fan that he would "beat his ass" and was "screaming at the security guard to get him kicked out." He also claims Phillips' Instagram statement is "a lie." — (@) Anything else?Bills coach Sean McDermott at his weekly news conference Monday called the situation "unfortunate‚" ESPN said‚ adding that "it's unfortunate that that would go on during a game in particular. And what I'm aware of is that people were asked to have the fan removed and nothing was done. So‚ at the end of the day‚ that's not for us to concern ourselves with at this point. It's just unfortunate overall that that would be taking place during a game." An NFL source told the Philadelphia Inquirer that Lawson likely will be fined and probably suspended. The Eagles beat the Bills 37-34 in overtime.This story has been updated with an additional X post.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

"The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes‚” a prequel to the “Hunger Games” series‚ starring controversial actress Rachel Zegler‚ just hit theaters on November 17‚ and sadly‚ but unsurprisingly‚ the film flopped on opening night. The film’s performance was so abysmal that even “The Marvels‚” the MCU’s lowest-grossing movie to date‚ outperformed it. “I didn’t hate this movie‚” says Lauren Chen‚ “but I think it's also safe to say that Rachel Zegler's performance was one of the worst parts of it.” Perhaps that’s why Rotten Tomatoes scored the film at 62%‚ which is “the lowest-rated film in the 'Hunger Games’ franchise.” Zegler plays Lucy Gray Baird‚ a singer in a traveling gypsy tribe and Coriolanus Snow’s love interest. According to Lauren‚ she’s “super annoying in this role‚” as she plays a character we’ve all seen a thousand times – ”the weird Zoe Deschanel‚ I'm not like other girls” archetype. However‚ Zegler wasn’t the only issue with the film. For example‚ the story follows a young President Snow through his transformation from a “pretty good person” into a “power-hungry‚ murderous dictator.” However‚ Snow’s radical devolution‚ although interesting‚ “takes place over a year tops‚” which Lauren finds problematic. “Someone changing from a sympathetic character into an all-around bad guy‚ who's literally trying to gun down his girlfriend in the woods‚ that's an interesting story‚ but it's not one you can do convincingly in two and a half hours‚” she criticizes. On top of that‚ the plot at times does “not really make sense.” The fact that the Hunger Games are put into the hands of high school students is just one example of this. Further‚ Coriolanus Snow is played by Tom Blyth‚ whose performance “was one of the highlights” of the film‚ according to Lauren. The problem‚ however‚ is that Blyth is 28‚ whereas his character is supposed to be 17. “This is a 28-year-old man here who looks like a grown-a** adult because he is a grown-a** adult‚” says Lauren. To hear more of Lauren’s review of “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes‚” watch the clip below. Want more from Lauren Chen?To enjoy more of Lauren’s pro-liberty‚ pro-logic‚ and pro-market commentary on social and political issues‚ subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America‚ defend the Constitution‚ and live the American dream.