{"id":117002,"date":"2021-02-03T16:58:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T21:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117002"},"modified":"2021-02-03T16:58:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T21:58:20","slug":"nyt-gets-heat-for-orwellian-suggestion-biden-admin-appoint-reality-czar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-gets-heat-for-orwellian-suggestion-biden-admin-appoint-reality-czar\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT gets heat for Orwellian suggestion Biden admin. appoint \u2018reality czar\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyt-gets-heat-for-orwellian-suggestion-biden-admin-appoint-reality-czar%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117002&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2365376\" style=\"width: 665px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2365376\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2365376 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-632691342-655x437.jpg\" alt width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2365376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LOS ANGELES, CA \u2013 JANUARY 25: A copy of George Orwell\u2019s novel \u20181984\u2019 is displayed. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 12:30 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, February 3, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>As conservatives continue to push for free speech for all, members of the left are hopeful the federal government will step in. On Tuesday, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/02\/technology\/biden-reality-crisis-misinformation.html\">columnist for the New York Times<\/a> suggested that Joe Biden construct a cross-agency taskforce to regulate the spread of ideas online.<\/p>\n<p>The article went through a list of experts who supported the idea. Some of them even called for a so-called \u201cTruth Commission,\u201d which is a name many online compared to George Orwell\u2019s \u201cMinistry of Truth\u201d in the novel \u201c1984.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mainstream media outlets claimed the move would limit the spread of alleged misinformation and its connection to purported domestic extremism. However, while a recent study put out by researchers of New York University tried to claim that one-sided censorship happens online, the same report pointed out that it\u2019s unclear because sites like Twitter don\u2019t share enough data to show it also happens to those on the left.<\/p>\n<p>Critics <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/technology\/536741-conservatives-claims-of-online-censorship-a-form-of-disinformation-report\">took aim<\/a> at the idea of such strong government intervention. They said it sets a dangerous precedent and could hinder free speech. Critics also noted the appointment of a so-called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/new-york-times-biden-reality-czar\">reality czar<\/a>\u201d could simply add to the distrust that some Americans have when it comes to Big Tech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the worst part, they change the rules constantly based on whatever they deem to be politically correct at any given point in time,\u201d Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) said. \u201cThese rules and standards are often changed without the knowledge of their users, moving the goal post on Floridians and others who use these open forums for discourse and as a source for information. When a social media company applies these standards unequally on users, this is discrimination, pure and simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2365375\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2365375\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2365375 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-482637682.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2365375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BERLIN, GERMANY \u2013 AUGUST 01: A protester holds a German translation of George Orwell\u2019s book \u20181984\u2019 as he demonstrates for journalists\u2019 rights on August 1, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Adam Berry\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>John Hopkins University Applied Economics Professor Steve Hanke quoted Orwell and said, \u201cwho controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">George Orwell: \u201cWho controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Nu5ifKrrn\">https:\/\/t.co\/9Nu5ifKrrn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prof. Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steve_hanke\/status\/1356696396863307778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>GOP lobbyists suggested a variation of net neutrality be extended to social media and Big Tech to combat anti-conservative bias. Though they recognized the struggle to achieve something of this nature under a Biden administration and with a Democrat-majority Congress, lobbyists said it is enough to put the spotlight on the issue.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/faulconer-ready-to-face-newsom-in-race-for-calif-governorship\/\">Faulconer Ready To Face Newsom In Race For Calif. Governorship<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES, CA \u2013 JANUARY 25: A copy of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892582,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4496,3620,5147,4060,5149,5150],"class_list":["post-117002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-admin","tag-biden","tag-gets","tag-heat","tag-orwellian","tag-suggestion"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}