Media 'turning out the lights' on Facebook's infringement of free speech: Sen. Ted Cruz

Media top headlines July 29 In media news today, the CDC gets hit by liberal media outlets for ‘confusing message’ on wearing masks, WaPo’s Max Boot gets ripped for tweeting Saudi Arabia is ‘more progressive’ than the U.S. for vaccine mandate, and NBC’s Tokyo Olympics coverage spurs ‘advertiser anxiety’ as viewers continue to dropWhen White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced from the podium earlier this month that the administration had begun “flagging” social media posts about COVID they deemed as misinformation to Facebook, backlash from both conservatives and liberals was swift and harsh. Conservatives claimed the White House and Facebook were colluding to censor free speech, arguing that the social media giants should have no role in determining who can share their thoughts, and who can’t. “This is state-sponsored censorship,” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Fox News. “It’s the single biggest threat to the First Amendment we’ve ever faced. What’s more, most of the corrupt corporate media is either going along with or encouraging it.”DAN BONGINO WARNS OF ‘DEADLY SERIOUS’ CONSEQUENCES NOW THAT BIDEN ‘DEPUTIZED’ BIG TECH TO SUPPRESS FREE SPEECHSen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., noted that social media platforms like Facebook should have no role in censoring speech. “Mark Zuckerberg and Jack…
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