Morning Jolt: NBC Appoints Itself Internet-Speech Arbiter

On the menu today: NBC News appoints itself the policeman of political speech on the Internet; Anthony Fauci has some good news to share but alludes to some bad news; and President Trump unwittingly helps his critics make money, yet again.

It Turns Out the 'NBC' in 'NBC News' Is for 'Now in the Business of Censorship'

Wow. I guess every day at the "NBC News Verification Unit" is a game of "Two Truths and a Lie."

Yesterday NBC News, the employer of Brian Williams and former employer of Matt Lauer, Mark Halperin, and Chris Matthews, revealed that it has an obscure self-described "verification unit" that appointed itself to police American political discourse, and initially reported that Zero Hedge and the Federalist had been banned from ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY June 17 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY June 17 2020 NBC Appoints Itself Internet-Speech Arbiter On the menu today: NBC News appoints itself the policeman of political speech on the Internet; Anthony Fauci has some good news to share but alludes to some bad news; and President Trump unwittingly helps his critics make money, yet again. It Turns Out the 'NBC' in 'NBC News' Is for 'Now in the Business of Censorship' Wow. I guess every day at the "NBC News Verification Unit" is a game of "Two Truths and a Lie." Yesterday NBC News, the employer of Brian Williams and former employer of Matt Lauer, Mark Halperin, and Chris Matthews, revealed that it has an obscure self-described "verification unit" that appointed itself to police American political discourse, and initially reported that Zero Hedge and the Federalist had been banned from ...   READ MORE

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