Barack Obama: Internet And Social Media “Biggest Threat To Democracy”
In a new interview, President Obama has slammed the internet and social media, claiming that they, as left-wing outlet Vox put it, helped create âthe single biggest threat to democracy.â
Speaking to the Atlanticâs Jeffrey Goldberg, the former Democrat President said that he was concerned about the growth of âconspiracy theories,â and the inability to âdistinguish whatâs true from whatâs not.â
Obama Wants Government And Corporate Oversight
The former president didnât mince words. While he doesnât come right out and say it, to my reading, his intent is clear.Â
He wants things he agrees with to be publishable, and he wants things he disagrees with to be censored, banned, or otherwise silenced.
Obama tried to weave together a narrative that, essentially, there are two Americas with two sets of facts â generally, those on the right, and those on the left.Â
Of course, the freedom of social media and the internet is making this worse.Â
And wouldnât you know it, itâs only one side speaking untruths.Â
Too many people are watching Fox News:Â
âIf Fox News isnât on every television in every barbershop and VFW hall, then it might be a Sinclair-owned station, and the presuppositions that exist thereâŠâ Obama said.Â
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The media landscape is very different from the time when everyone got their news from one singular voice:Â
âWe donât have a Walter Cronkite describing the tragedy of Kennedyâs assassination but also saying to supporters and detractors alike of the Vietnam War that this is not going the way the generals and the White House are telling us. Without this common narrative, democracy becomes very tough.â
Speaking to how a guy named Barack Hussein Obama managed to win Iowa, Obama begins to let the mask slip:Â
âPart of the common narrative was a function of the three major networks and a handful of papers that were disproportionately influential.â
Now, there are so many people with their own opinions:
âYouâre not going to eliminate the internet; youâre not going to eliminate the thousand stations on the air with niche viewerships designed for every political preference. Without this it becomes very difficult for us to tackle big things. It becomes hard for us to say, âHey, we have a pandemic here; itâs deadly; itâs serious; letâs put partisanship asideâŠâ
Obama tells Goldberg, âThe First Amendment doesnât require private companies to provide a platform for any view that is out there. At the end of the day, weâre going to have to find a combination of government regulations and corporate practices that address this, because itâs going to get worse. If you can perpetrate crazy lies and conspiracy theories just with texts, imagine what you can do when you can make it look like you or me saying anything on video.â
Starting to get the picture?Â
And who will be making these decisions about what is a âcrazy lieâ or a âconspiracy theory,â as opposed to Obamaâs Truth?
Why, Big Tech companies and the federal government of course. Are either of those friends to conservatives?
What constitutes âfake newsâ will be determined by these people, not by a neutral arbiter of truth.
And who will be censored? Not them.Â
You and me, buddy. Thatâs who.Â
And of course weâre already seeing it. They can even do it to the President of the United States of America.Â
We wonât let a RIGGED ELECTION steal our Country! https://t.co/r0H4ZcDkHv
â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2020
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Limiting Information Has Always Been The Tool Of The Elites
We are, in fact, not entering into some epistemological crisis, as Obama said.
We are finally freeing ourselves from the shackle of a limited information flow.
Yes, itâs possible to be misled by the internet and social media, that is a given, but the positives are far more worth it.
Limiting information is how the elites have kept control for thousands of years.
There have always been counter-narratives that would question them, but they never got to see the light of day before.
Now, uncomfortable truths can finally be exposed to the masses.
This is why Obama, and left-wingers like him, hate the internet and social media â not because of a lack of truth, but because itâs not doing what he wants.
He wasnât complaining in 2008 when it helped him get elected. He wasnât complaining in 2011 when it kicked off the Arab Spring, which he supported.
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Social Media Needs âGatekeepersâ To Prevent Conservatives From Spreading The Truth
They want to stop the spreading of real news, not fake news.
You can see this from the talking points that have already gone out now.
Watch below how leftists view freedom of information:Â
In the world of social media with no gatekeepers, @drvox says “misinformation wins”.
He tells Mehdi why: pic.twitter.com/g7cmsUjNnL
â The Mehdi Hasan Show (@MehdiHasanShow) November 17, 2020
And who do they want to gatekeep? Conservatives.
Watch below as Democrat Senator Blumenthal harangues Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about conservative sites and figures like Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, and members of the Trump family:
Senator Blumenthal begs Mark Zuckerberg to ban and censor #SteveBannon at the Senate Hearing on Big Tech censorship. pic.twitter.com/TtFJ3VPpkP
â Zach Vorhies âïžâïžâïž (@Perpetualmaniac) November 17, 2020
This is what they mean. âFake newsâ to them is something they donât want to hear.Â
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are two fundamental keystones to a free society.Â
We know exactly who opposes those fundamental freedoms, and why.Â