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Twitter permanently bans Project Veritas account

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The Panama Papers have personnel information. I wonder if they will ban CNN next.

I guess journalists will have to practice the art of [REDACTED] a little more going forward when they reveal details around corruption.

The mayor of [REDACTED] was found to have sent mr. [REDACTED] wire transfers in an attempt to keep a lid on exposing her relationship with [REDACTED] while being married to [REDACTED].

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I can't wait until social norms change again down the road, and the right uses this newfound power of consorship and control to dominate. I mean, it'll suck, no doubt. But it'll also be just desserts for the destroyers of freedom.

You mean it’s now a right-wing idea that private companies aren’t allowed to decide who they want to do business with?

This isn’t really a right vs. left issue: it’s not like they lost their account for tweeting about lowering the capital gains tax rate or something. This is an organization which weaponized bad faith attacks. The only reason it seems politicized now is that there isn’t broad support for that kind of dishonesty outside of far-right circles.

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I can't wait until social norms change again down the road, and the right uses this newfound power of consorship and control to dominate. I mean, it'll suck, no doubt. But it'll also be just desserts for the destroyers of freedom.

You mean it’s now a right-wing idea that private companies aren’t allowed to decide who they want to do business with? This isn’t really a right vs. left issue: it’s not like they lost their account for tweeting about lowering the capital gains tax rate or something. This is an organization which weaponized bad faith attacks. The only reason it seems politicized now is that there isn’t broad support for that kind of…

They're doing exactly the same type of yellow journalism that the NYT and CNN is doing, just with a bend you happen to not agree with. Nothing far-right about that.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

You mean it’s now a right-wing idea that private companies aren’t allowed to decide who they want to do business with? This isn’t really a right vs. left issue: it’s not like they lost their account for tweeting about lowering the capital gains tax rate or something. This is an organization which weaponized bad faith attacks. The only reason it seems politicized now is that there isn’t broad support for that kind of…

They're doing exactly the same type of yellow journalism that the NYT and CNN is doing, just with a bend you happen to not agree with. Nothing far-right about that.

And that makes it ok? Do you happen to know for sure that OP is accepting of the things that the New York Times and CNN do as well?
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