If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. On Monday, the New York Times reached out to mostly conservative figures Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson, and up to 30 others, seeking their input for an article examining the political discourse surrounding the upcoming elections on YouTube. The request, as detailed by the commentators on the social media platform X, cited an analysis by Media Matters for America, a left-leaning activist group known for its online censorship pressure. A snippet from the Times’ message to both pundits read: “I wanted to give you an opportunity to comment on an upcoming article that takes a look at how political commentators have discussed the upcoming elections on YouTube. We rely on an analysis conducted by researchers at Media Matters for America.” Established in 2004 by journalist and activist David Brock, who is described by Time magazine as “one of the most influential operatives in the Democratic Party,” Media Matters consistently targets what it perceives as conservative misinformation online and in the media. The organization came into the limelight last year following a defamation lawsuit by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who alleged that Media Matters had deliberately juxtaposed images of advertiser content on X’s platform with extremist content, seeking to create a false association. The communication from the Times also mentioned the demonetization of election-related content on YouTube, referring to a study from Media Matters which pointed out 286 videos spreading allegedly false election information. The implication appears to be that the commentators should be demonetized and punished for their commentary. Shapiro publicly criticized the Times’ use of Media Matters’ data, expressing skepticism about the motivations behind the article. He argued that the newspaper aimed to influence YouTube into penalizing conservative content creators, particularly as the election neared. He sharply remarked: “What, precisely, is NYT doing? It’s perfectly obvious: using research from Media Matters, a radical Left-wing organization whose sole purpose is destroying conservative media (see below), in order to pressure YouTube to demonetize and penalize any and all conservatives ONE WEEK FROM THE ELECTION,” adding, “That’s the entire game here. Run an article in America’s ‘most trusted newspaper’ that declares pretty much every major conservative a purveyor of ‘misinformation’ on YouTube, thus strong-arming YouTube into taking action against conservatives.” Shapiro emphatically concluded his response with, “So, The New York Times wants comment? Here’s my comment: kindly, go f*ck yourself.” Carlson’s response echoed Shapiro’s discontent. He accused the Times of collaborating with what he termed a “left-wing hate group” to undermine critics of the Democratic Party, stating: “So the New York Times is working with a left-wing hate group to silence critics of the Democratic Party? Please ask yourself why you’re participating in it,” he said. “This is why you got into journalism? It’s shameful. I hope you’re filled with guilt and self-loathing for sending me a text like this. Please quote me.” When asked to further comment on the subject, Carlson bluntly refused, further criticizing the approach of the reporter: “Would I like to participate in your attempt to censor me? No thanks,” Carlson asserted. “But I do hope you’ll quote what I wrote above and also note that I told you to fuck off, which I am now doing. Thanks.” The New York Times hit piece is expected to drop as early as tonight. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post New York Times Leverages Pro-Censorship Group To Pressure YouTube Against Political Commentators appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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CNN’s very own Anderson Cooper and newly-rehired Brian Stelter got together and, in an exchange devoid of fundamental self-awareness, chided Jeff Bezos for pulling the plug on endorsements at The Washington Post. The two went right to the line of accusing Bezos of improprieties, with a hysterical Stelter suggesting that this is the beginning of autocracy. Below is video of that full exchange (click “expand” to view transcript): CNN ANDERSON COOPER 360 10/28/24 8:56 PM ANDERSON COOPER: More breaking news tonight: Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is defending his decision that the paper not endorse a presidential candidate this year. This, as thousands of Washington Post  readers canceling their subscriptions and at least three members of their editorial board quit over the move. Tonight, Bezos wrote an op-ed for the paper with the headline, quote, “The hard truth: Americans don't trust the news media- a note from our owner.” Bezos argues and I quote, “presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election.” He adds, what presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence. Ending them is a principled decision, and it's the right one.” Joining us with more, CNN Chief Media Analyst, Brian Stelter. It's interesting that he wrote this, you know,  “presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election.” BRIAN STELTER: Right. COOPER: Is that what this is about?  STELTER: For Bezos, it might be. And this might be the right decision., but at the wrong time. And he acknowledged this in his note tonight. By the way, I've never seen him write an essay like this. It's a reaction to the unprecedented pressure the Post is under. But I think he wrote this tonight because tens of thousands, possibly even hundreds of thousands of subscribers have bailed on the Post in the past few days. Even more might do it in the days to come out of a fear that he's capitulating to Donald Trump, that he's giving in to Trump. Bezos is saying that's not the case. He's doing this and says principled decision, but he's doing it on the eve of an election. And that's really the issue at the heart of this. He acknowledges maybe he had some poor timing, maybe he should have announced this earlier, but he's doing it because he wants to win back people's trust over time. In the short-term, though, he's lost a lot of his audience's trust.  COOPER: The- he also wrote, “there's no quid pro quo of anytime or there's- no quid-pro-quo of any kind is at work here.” That's a quote. The head of his Blue Origin had met with Trump, apparently, on the day the announcement was made, he says he didn't know about that meeting and it was an unfortunate… STELTER: Total coincidence, that’s right. A person close to Bezos says, no, there's nothing to do with it. There's no quid pro quo. Here's the thing: there's hard pressure, a quid pro quo, a deal with Trump, and then there's a form of soft pressure. And the real concern I'm hearing from Post reporters, from editors, from columnists, is it that- the form of soft pressure being applied here. The author of On Tyranny, Timothy Snyder, has talked for years about the idea of obeying in advance. That in democracies that are sliding toward autocracies, people try to obey in advance. That wealthy businessmen, the media leaders, that powerful people start to give in to the aspiring authoritarian whims in advance. And that's exactly the concern that exists here. In fact, Snyder came out over the weekend, said that's what he thinks is happening at The Washington Post  and The Los Angeles Times.  COOPER: Has Bezos said who he would vote for in this election? STELTER: He has not. But the paper under Bezos, when he owned the paper, did endorse Hillary Clinton in 2016, and endorsed Joe Biden in 2020. Strangely, Anderson, the paper actually endorsed the Maryland Senate Democrat candidate for the Senate just four weeks ago. So  this sudden change in endorsement, it's the timing that's created such controversy. COOPER: The owner of The Los Angeles Times sudden not to endorse as well. STELTER: Yes. And there's been the same kind of fallout. Not quite as many subscriber losses, but there as well, more than 10,000 subscribers canceling subscriptions. Basically an active protest. The only kind of protest that an audience member can have if you're paying for a publication that you can back out and the fear at both The L.A. Times and The Washington Post  is the same. That these owners are giving in to pressure from Trump ahead of the election, expecting that he will win. It's interesting Bezos cites of former editor or owner, I think, of The Washington Post  back, I think, decades and decades ago as somebody who didn't want there to be endorsements. COOPER: Right. STELTER: And this is true 50, 60 years ago, the Post did not endorse. But in modern history thePost has. More importantly, for a lot of the Post columnists, the opinion writers, they don't believe it is as important to endorse Harris as it is to condemn Donald Trump. They believe Trump is a threat to the American free press, and that he will impose draconian restrictions. And those fears are palpable in other newsrooms as well. I think that's why this story has resonated so wide and so far. But Bezos, he's saying he's trying to do the right thing, trying to restore trust in the media.  COOPER: Brian Stelter. Thanks so much. STELTER: Right. It is interesting that Stelter gets trotted out to talk about compliance here. STELTER, of all people, who did everything demanded of him by Jeff Zucker, no matter how ridiculous and over the top, which contributed in no small part to the absolute cratering of CNN’s ratings, which continues to this day.  That cratering bolsters the Bezos argument that underlies this segment, which is that no one trusts the media anymore. To put a finer point on it, people no longer trust the Regime Media. Thus, we witness Cooper but mostly Stelter fueling conspiratorial talk about quid pro quo and about the supposed chilling of speech, and of  voluntary compliance ahead of the incoming Trump Dictatorship. A more serious CNN would have contemplated the reasons underlying the public’s loss of trust in the media. “Democracy died” both in bias by omission and bias by commission. Bezos, at least, was honest enough to recognize this- even if his newsroom and their peers at CNN have not.  

A Republican Party official was arrested at a polling station in Pennsylvania on Monday after she repeatedly encouraged voters to stay in line despite the lengthy wait.On Monday, a video of the arrest of a woman at a polling station in Delaware County went viral. "Do not get out of line," the woman insists as several officers place her in handcuffs. They then escort her out of the area where many people were standing in line."Wow!" the man filming the arrest repeatedly states. "You locked her up? That is insane, man!" "That's crazy."The woman arrested on the video was later identified as Val Biancaniello, a Pennsylvania Republican Party state committeewoman.'President Trump's supporters should not be intimidated at the polls.'Following the incident, Biancaniello claimed on X that an official with the Delaware County Bureau of Elections had told people gathered at the polling station that they "should only be in this line if [they] have a pressing reason to vote."Biancaniello called such a directive "VOTER SUPPRESSION." "No one requires a 'pressing need' to vote by mail," her X comment continued, "that is why it is called 'no excuse mail in voting.'"Biancaniello also alleged that an elections worker warned voters that the lines could be hours long, ostensibly in an effort to dissuade them from staying. "Can you imagine if we said this to a long line of Democrat voters?" she asked rhetorically.Biancaniello claimed she was marched out of the area, handcuffed to a bench, and later released with a citation for disorderly conduct."I will fight that. I broke NO laws. I encouraged people to stay in line and vote. There are plenty of witnesses who know the truth," her X comment added.A woman standing in line alleged in the video of the arrest that Biancaniello had been "influencing people," but the man filming the video denied that accusation. "She is not influencing people," he immediately replied. "She is not at all."Pennsylvania law forbids voter intimidation.RNC co-chair Michael Whatley shared the video on X, claiming that it showed the left engaging in "voter suppression.""A supporter of President Trump's was arrested today for encouraging people to stay in the early voting line and cast their ballots freely in Pennsylvania," he wrote. "This follows reports from across the commonwealth that voters are being turned away in conservative areas. This is voter suppression from the left. Do not let them turn you away. GO VOTE!"The Trump campaign likewise released a statement calling the incident an example of "voter suppression.""Election officials in Pennsylvania must immediately secure a fair and transparent election for Pennsylvania voters," the statement said in part. "President Trump's supporters should not be intimidated at the polls."Neither Biancaniello nor the Delaware County Bureau of Elections responded to a request for comment from Blaze News.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump released a poignant campaign advertisement on Monday afternoon that illustrates the heartbreaking consequences of the Biden-Harris administration’s open-border policies.The ad features Alexis Nungaray, the mother of 12-year-old Jocelyn, who was allegedly brutally murdered by two illegal aliens from Venezuela. The men were initially captured by Border Patrol and released into the interior of the country just weeks before the murder in Houston, Texas.'I truly believe this all could have been prevented.'The suspects, Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, 26, are being investigated for potential ties to the vicious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which has increased its presence in the U.S. under the current administration’s leadership.On June 17, 2024, the men allegedly lured Jocelyn under a bridge as she was walking back home from a nearby convenience store. The suspects were accused of stripping her, binding her hands and ankles, sexually assaulting her for hours, and ultimately strangling her to death.In Trump’s latest campaign ad, Jocelyn’s mother details the horrific murder and reaffirms her support of more robust border policies.Alexis Nungaray said she woke up that morning to find her daughter was not home. She noticed her phone’s location was pinging a couple of minutes from their home. “I start driving to the direction the phone was being pinged at, and I see a couple cop cars with lights on. I see yellow tape. And immediately my heart drops and sinks to the bottom of my stomach,” Nungaray stated.“Kamala Harris was in charge of immigration and our borders,” she continued. “If we had better border policies and not open border and not these catch-and-release policies, I truly believe this all could have been prevented.”“Under her being vice president of this country, my daughter’s life was ripped away from her,” Nungaray added. “She had her entire life ahead of her. My daughter is six feet in the ground based off of policies that she allowed to keep. Kamala Harris did have one job, and she not only failed, not me, she failed my daughter.”Nungaray explained that Trump reached out to her after Jocelyn’s murder and gave her “his sincerest condolences as not a former president, but just as a father — someone who cares.”She stated that with Trump back in office, “I can at least know that my next child will be safe in this country.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

NBA head coach Doc Rivers took offense at Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally causing him to urge non-white citizens to vote against the former president.The Milwaukee Bucks coach spoke to reporters at a press conference and was mostly lost for words when referring to the massive rally at MSG."If you saw Madison Square Garden ... to me, it's just, it's so important to vote. I'll keep it as close to that as possible," Rivers began.However, the coach quickly got into remarks about Trump, strangely citing the popular vote from the 2020 presidential election."What I tell people, 'If the guy was so great, why did 80 million people vote against him the last time he ran?'" the veteran coach said.President Joe Biden tallied approximately 81 million votes in 2020 while Trump was around 74 million.'They hit everybody, and it was awful.'"I don't know, I don't get it, we gotta do something about it," Rivers continued. The NBA champion added that the rally was "atrocious" and then urged voters of different races and backgrounds to vote."If you're a black man or a woman, or brown, Latino, or Puerto Rican ... they hit everybody, and it was awful," he concluded. The 63-year-old was likely referring to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who offended media members over his jokes about Puerto Rico while mocking the press for their characterization of the Trump gathering as a Nazi rally."These people have no sense of humor ... I love Puerto Rico and vacation there. I made fun of everyone ... watch the whole set," Hinchcliffe said after the rally.Rivers' comments were posted by Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix, who turned off comments after the overwhelming majority of responses spoke against Milwaukee's coach."Brother u ain’t that good at coaching u think we taking advice on voting from you," one fan wrote.Brother u ain’t that good at coaching u think we taking advice on voting from you foh— Trials 2 U (@JussBreezy) October 28, 2024 Another reader pointed out that Trump never actually made any offensive remarks during the rally, while also noting to the diversity of the audience:"Apparently Doc didn’t watch the rally otherwise he'd know that DJT didn’t disparage one single minority. That rally was attended by just about every race living in the U.S.. For those calling it a Nazi rally, I saw an awful lot of Jewish flags and people in the audience."Yeah, apparently Doc didn’t watch the rally otherwise he’d know that DJT didn’t disparage one single minority. That rally was attended by just about every race living in the U.S.. For those calling it a Nazi rally, I saw an awful lot of Jewish flags and people in the audience.— Pete???? (@usafss74) October 28, 2024 Another viewer made reference to the apparent anti-Trump sentiment among NBA coaches."They literally live in a virtual world. Nothing they say makes sense," the fan wrote.Just days earlier, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich called Trump a "racist" and a "bully" in a tirade that lasted almost 15 minutes."He's pathetic, he's small, you wouldn't have him babysit your kids. If you had a small business, you wouldn't hire him — do you want that man in your business?! There's no way! But you're going to vote for him for president?!" Popovich said.As well, Golden State Warrior's coach Steve Kerr has been an open Trump critic (and a critic of Republicans as a whole) while simultaneously endorsing Kamala Harris.Despite his often heated rhetoric surrounding GOP legislation and gun laws, Kerr has still expressed concern over the attempted assassination of Trump in July."It's such a demoralizing day for our country," Kerr said regarding the shooting. "Thank God Trump wasn't hit, but it's just so demoralizing in every which way," he added.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A motorist with a long criminal history allegedly tried to run over a father and son Saturday in Florida — but authorities said the father fatally shot the motorist.Marcus Blicker, 47, followed two vehicles driven by a neighbor’s son and his friend and aggressively swerved toward them in traffic, deputies from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office told the Daytona Beach News-Journal.Blicker was found dead in the driver’s seat of his pickup.The neighbor's son called his father and told him he was being followed, the News-Journal said.When the son and his friend got to the father's home on Jackson Lane in Port Orange, deputies told the paper that Blicker arrived there as well and started yelling and threatening the son and his friend. Port Orange is about 15 minutes south of Daytona Beach.The homeowner fired warning shots, asking Blicker to leave, the News-Journal reported.However, the paper said Blicker around 7:40 p.m. tried to ram them with his truck and was shot. When deputies arrived at the scene, Blicker was found dead in the driver’s seat of his pickup, the sheriff's office told the News-Journal.The incident was captured on video and audio recordings that support the accounts of the shooter and witnesses, deputies told the paper.No criminal charges have been filed against the homeowner who shot Blicker, the News-Journal reported. The sheriff's office added to the paper that the shooting remains under investigation.The News-Journal also noted that a Rottweiler in Blicker's truck was injured during the shooting, after which Volusia County Animal Services responded and took the dog for veterinary care. The dog is expected to recover, the paper said.The News-Journal, citing court records, said Blicker has a long criminal history. He was arrested in 2020 for aggravated stalking, for which he served 12 months' probation, the paper said, adding that in 2012 he was sentenced to 12 months' probation for battery after punching a woman in the cheek at the Flagler Tavern in New Smyrna Beach.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!