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Re: Google bans two websites from its ad platform over protest articles

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Yeah, okay this is definitely weird. I sort of get banning outright fake news and Zerohedge is a very shady website, sure.But the Federalist's article is not fake news. You can disagree with it, but it's part of a debate on the media coverage of the protests. People have always complained about media being unfair and biaised. Is it now promoting hate and misinformation to criticize the media? Or do we have to just tr…

However, advertisers will generally not want their ads served beside false and inflammatory content. Google Ads is, ultimately, a platform for advertisers, and they've always avoided certain subjects. If you're an advertiser who _does_ want your ads alongside porn, conspiracy theories, warez, multilevel marketing scams, and so forth, there are platforms out there, but Google Ads probably isn't your best venue. Or, in…

Google Ads exists to serve the interests of Google alone, and content restrictions are reactive to the threat of losing money.

That's why YouTube operated as a "haven for pedophiles" for years. Ads right next to livestreamed abuse on YouTube? No problem! Harmless edgy right-wing doomsday blog? Rule violation.

Re: Google bans two websites from its ad platform over protest articles

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Odd, Google is now claiming The Federalist was never demonitized [1]. What is going on here? Did NBC spike a story too early? [1] https://twitter.com/Google_Comms/status/1272997425821540352?...

NBC lied by inventing a false quote from Google to take out a competitor.

Re: Google bans two websites from its ad platform over protest articles

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's Fox News photoshopping coverage about CHAZ, they have had to issue an apology over it https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/fox-news-... Someone had to open the images in photoshop, alter them, and then upload them to a website. This isn't a simple lie of omission or a mistake, this is manufactured content to push a right-wing narrative. Fox News consistently pushed the right-wing line that Corona…

Alright, so Fox is lying in favor of the right. That isn't evidence against The Federalist's contention that the rest of the media is lying in favor of the left.

You asked for instances of the media lying for the right, I provided instances of the media lying for the right.

Unless you want to place the largest news organization in terms of viewership outside of the media for some reason.

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