Twitter’s Un-American Censorship of the New York Post

Some of the most powerful gatekeepers of political speech are simply shutting down inconvenient stories while journalists stand by and cheer.

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White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany displays a copy of the New York Post while speaking to news reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C., June 17, 2020.

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On the rare occasion a hapless editor at the New York Times accidentally affixes a straightforward headline to a story that reflects poorly on Democrats, the entire left-wing media infrastructure — from big social-media accounts to the “media reporters” to the journalism “professors” — screech until the newspaper alters it to it something more accommodating.

You can imagine, then, the seismic outrage that would be generated if Twitter or Facebook banned a URL of a major news organization offering a story that hurt Donald Trump.

David Harsanyi

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David Harsanyi

David Harsanyi is a senior writer at the Washington Examiner.

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