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Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
@KFILE That is true; I said that if they relied on legacy sources, these were the sources they relied upon. It is also true that local newspapers (we read the Daily News in Los Angeles) relied heavily on wire services (AP, Reuters, NYT, etc.). — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
We can only hope that other social media bosses (cc: Mark Zuckerberg) follow Musk’s lead and find again the mission that led them to found their companies, rather than cowering in the corner at the behest of the Democratic-legacy media complex. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
But that inflection point matters. Musk will presumably again allow a thousand flowers to bloom. And the oligopoly can’t handle that, which is why they have declared all-out war on @elonmusk. But it won't work. Because all he has to do is say "no." — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
It is hilarious that purple-haired interns, playing an inside-outside game with legacy media and Democrats, pressured social media to such an extent that Twitter banned a Christian satire site for saying that men are not women – and that this became a historical inflection point. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
Then came @elonmusk. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
By simply claiming victimhood, the Left leveraged social media into restricting the flow of information. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
People were banned for saying the obvious: men were not women; mass masking was not an effective solution to covid transmission; vaccine mandates were ineffective because vaccines did not stop transmission; etc. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
“Misinformation” would be fought by shutting off the traffic spigots on non-legacy media; legacy media would be promoted and elevated. And because virtually all news traffic to sites now came through these social media sites, the oligopoly had once more taken hold. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
Thus, pressure was put on the social media sites to stop acting as free platforms for dissemination of a broad variety of views; instead, the social media platforms – which had monopolized news traffic – could be used to re-establish Left-wing legacy media oligopoly. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
It was now Facebook and Twitter that had led to this horrific Trumpian moment. Misinformation was to blame, and Facebook and Twitter were the evil platforms that had allowed all of it. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
When Trump was elected in 2016, legacy media outlets and the Democratic Party panicked. They thought they had forged an unbeatable electoral coalition, and there was simply no way Hillary could lose. When she did, they sought someone else to blame – and they found social media. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
And, for a time, there was stasis: because Democrats maintained political control, these social media sites were praised for their free speech principles, and clever use of these services – a la the Obama campaign in 2012 – was considered good and worthy. Then came Trump. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
This was highly convenient – and it was good for a lot of non-mainstream news outlets, who suddenly had access to billions of eyeballs. A thousand flowers bloomed. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
Social media re-centralized the mechanisms of distribution for news. Instead of bookmarking ten websites, for example, you followed ten accounts on Twitter, or added them to your Facebook newsfeed. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
Now, it’s important to understand how people accessed these websites: predominantly, they did so directly. They bookmarked their favorite websites, and they clicked on them each morning. Then came major social media. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
Thanks to Drudge Report and news websites of the right that cropped up, people could diversify their news diet – and they did, en masse. The legacy media was suddenly being called out and fact-checked by outlets that people actually read. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
Until the 1990s, virtually all Americans had to rely on just a few major legacy media sources: the three networks, The New York Times, WaPo, and the like. The Left-wing media establishment loved this: it was an effective collusive oligopoly. Then the internet changed everything. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
To understand the insane Left-wing media and Democratic angst over @elonmusk’s takeover of Twitter, you have to understand the history of monopolistic legacy media dominance in this country. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
RT @EWErickson: When you follow the money or even President Biden, you don’t need polls to tell you the Democrats are in real trouble. htt… — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @TomCottonAR: Make no mistake: @GenDonBolduc can win. He's fighting for New Hampshire, while his opponent @SenatorHassan is a rubber sta… — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @charlescwcooke: Awful. — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
RT @theladykatie: Oh WOW. I laughed out loud, but it really isn’t funny. (See highlighted part). https://t.co/sgJSJOWZuO — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
RT @baseballcrank: I'm no fan of Tulsi, but let me know when McMullin starts campaigning with people who have publicly announced that they… — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @VivekGRamaswamy: Call me crazy, but I think there’s a possibility that Trump getting his social media platforms back actually makes him… — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @jtLOL: I was told crime isn't a problem. — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @ChuckRossDC: NEW @FreeBeacon DOJ official Kristen Clarke hyped the Jussie Smollett hoax. Now she’s holding a DOJ seminar on identifyi… — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @WinWithJMC: FLORIDA OFFICIAL EV NUMBERS In other words, what the FL SOS posts every AM :) 2,172,931 41.2% Rep, 39.8% Dem In 2020, it… — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
RT @TheAgeofShoddy: The most telling thing in some ways is that with the changing of the guard around here all the talk is about who to un-… — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
RT @AuronMacintyre: Drink deeply my friends — PolitiTweet.org
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
RT @NumbersMuncher: This is 100% true and my follower count went from about 600k to 60k when I tweeted this before Elon took over. — PolitiTweet.org
