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Watch Dog Tells Liberal Pundit Ben Meisalas to Interview MAGA or Be Negatively Branded [1]
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Date: 2023-07-27
A conservative watchdog group called News Guard is trying to chill liberal voices on YouTube.
Ben Meiselas' of Miedas Touch was approached by Valerie Pavilonis of News Guard and told that his breakdown of MAGA conservative talking points and chicanery showed he had progressive views. Okay, good so far. She went on to practically assert that he needed to reframe his narrative to appear unbiased; otherwise, News Guard would claim his program, Miedas Touch, was not fair and balanced.
WTAF.
First of all, Ben’s Miedas Touch YouTube channel and podcast have been branded as pro-democracy, which indicates he will speak from his own viewpoint regarding that designation. A YouTube podcaster is not indebted to MAGA, nor would such a podcast have to platform opposing views. To his credit, Ben often plays clips of what was said and then dissects it—sounds like he is showing both views to me; he is just criticizing and adding his opinion regarding those views.
Free speech and all that.
Are they, in reality, mad that there is negative pushback against said views, which makes News Guard far from fair and balanced themselves?
We would later learn that News Guard once considered Fox a fair and balanced News Organization, no lie. They have since downsized them to what they call RED status.
Yup...not suspicious at all.
Thoughts here:
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Also, YAY! Mo’ Indictments for the OFM, ya’ll. Woot!
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