Distorting the news to inflame the mob – The Spectator

What about Twitter itself? Notice that the corporation did not take down LeBron James s tweet or censure him. No, sirree. Mind you, this is the same platform that has permanently blocked all sorts of conservative and populist comments and commentators, including, most recently, James O Keefe for trying to post videos of CNN officials explaining how they worked assiduously to elect Joe Biden. He s permanently banned.

Why did Twitter leave up LeBron James post until he deleted it a couple of hours later? You ll have to guess, since Twitter hasn t said a word. That is what real power looks like.

Those are the standards displayed by Twitter, NBC, and LeBron James. They are paraded around as the country wrestles with the hard issue of how to police all communities fairly and restore order, at last, after a year of dangerous incidents.

Biased reporting on these incendiary issues is inexcusable. So is failing to apologize, once the misreporting has been called out. It s rich to see celebrities and sports leagues posing as moral exemplars and paragons of civil rights while partnering with a genocidal government abroad. To paraphrase the old blues song, If it wasn t for double standards, they wouldn t have no standards at all.

via spectator.us