Ben Shapiro took to Twitter a few minutes ago to expose the Media Matters style attack on conservatives by psuedo-journalists who seek to silence us. And he explains how to stop it from continuing:
Re: that absurd @voxdotcom letter calling on YouTube to deplatform @scrowder, advertisers should also note that Media Matters-style activists masquerading as journalists who call advertisers for comment on conservatives aren’t interested in a story. They’re astroturfing boycotts.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 7, 2019
This applies to @voxdotcom, @HuffPost, @buzzfeednews and a wide variety of other pseudo-journalistic entities that see it as their mission to destroy the profit motive for conservative shows by attacking advertisers who advertise on a wide variety of programming.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 7, 2019
These pseudojournalists know full well that advertisers don’t endorse every message on every program upon which they advertise. But they manufacture the specter of secondary boycotts that never take place to frighten advertisers into submission. It’s disgusting, and it’s common.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 7, 2019
It’s the reason they won’t call advertisers for Joy Reid to ask whether they will continue to advertise on her show, but they will reliably call advertisers for @IngrahamAngle and @TuckerCarlson for comment on their nightly programs. It’s all a gross attempt to shut down voices.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 7, 2019
This line is so true: “They’re not policing the public square for bad actors. They’re policing it for conservatives…”
They’re not policing the public square for bad actors. They’re policing it for conservatives, and then using whatever brickbat is available to club advertisers — and the shows that benefit from advertising revenue — into submission.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 7, 2019
You know how this all stops? By advertisers and platforms just saying “no.” That’s all it takes. All they have to do is say that they don’t agree with or even like all the stuff they advertise on or that is posted, but they endorse open platforms and differences of opinion.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 7, 2019
See, e.g., Chick-Fil-A — or, on the Left, see Nike. The best way to stop this vicious cycle is for those with the power (advertisers and platforms) to simply refuse to play this idiotic game. /END
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 7, 2019
He’s right. Despite how much Chick-fil-A is attacked, it continues to be one of the busiest fast-food restaurants I go to, especially at lunch. It’s crazy.
But in the end I suspect this vicious cycle will continue because advertisers are too afraid of the social media mob and their phony leftist boycotts.