{"id":1453634,"date":"2022-04-26T07:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T11:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1453634"},"modified":"2022-04-26T07:30:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T11:30:18","slug":"msnbc-host-now-complains-elections-could-be-swayed-through-twitter-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-host-now-complains-elections-could-be-swayed-through-twitter-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC Host Now Complains Elections Could Be Swayed Through Twitter Censorship"},"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%2Fmsnbc-host-now-complains-elections-could-be-swayed-through-twitter-censorship%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=1453634&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-25-at-11.54.58-PM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An MSNBC host suggested Monday evening that elections could be swayed through Twitter\u2019s targeting of political parties or candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Host Ari Melber reacted to Monday news that Elon Musk will be buying Twitter for $44 billion, telling viewers that they should be paying attention to Twitter since \u201cthe\u00a0world\u2019s richest person, who is very good at accumulating wealth and power, thinks this is worth spending ten of billions of dollars on because, frankly, he thinks it\u2019s that valuable and he thinks it may help him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump, by the way today is claiming that he won\u2019t even return to Twitter if the ban were lifted but few take what Donald Trump says seriously on that score,\u201d said Melber. \u201cSo, what is happening here? This is far bigger than Trump or Elon Musk. They are symptoms of the world we are living in where technology has outpaced any of our ability to deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melber expressed anxieties that one person can own \u201call of Twitter,\u201d saying, \u201cIf\u00a0you own all of Twitter or Facebook or what have you, you don\u2019t have to explain yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t even have to be transparent,\u201d he continued, before suggesting that the owner of Twitter could sway elections. \u201cYou could secretly ban one party\u2019s candidate, or all of its candidates, all of its nominees, or you could just secretly turn down the reach of their stuff and turn up the reach of something else and the rest of us might not even find out about it until after the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElon Musk says this is all to help people because he is just a free speech, philosophically clear open minded helper, a world helper, if you will,\u201d he added. \u201cIs that true? Should you take him at his word?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>The MSNBC host\u2019s comments sparked scorn and criticism from Twitter users who pointed out that conservatives have repeatedly been locked out of their Twitter accounts for stating traditional views or conservative perspectives (as recently as Monday, Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryMargOlohan\/status\/1518653838865145859\">punished<\/a> Concerned Women for America\u2019s President Penny Nance for calling a biologically male, transgender athlete, a man).<\/p>\n<p>In October 2020, Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/30\/twitter-backs-down-agrees-to-unlock-posts-account\/\">locked the New York Post<\/a> out of its \u00a0account following the outlet\u2019s publication of a smoking gun report on Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop exposing that Hunter Biden and his father met with an executive from the Ukrainian gas company Burisma in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/10\/15\/twitter-suspends-trump-official-campaign-account-video-ny-post-hunter-biden-report\/\">also heavily censored<\/a> the story, prevented users from tweeting or sending the New York Post link, and locked the accounts of numerous high-profile Twitter users who attempted to post the link (like\u00a0White House Press Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/10\/15\/twitter-suspends-trump-official-campaign-account-video-ny-post-hunter-biden-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kayleigh McEnany<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Twitter has locked the personal account of White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany for sharing news Democrats don\u2019t like. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eR8HhkgqVY\">pic.twitter.com\/eR8HhkgqVY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1316510056591040513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Following the announcement that President Joe Biden had won the 2020 presidential election, a slew of liberal media outlets, activists, and Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/16\/liberal-media-suggests-biden-should-take-aggressive-approach-to-censoring-conservative-media\/\">suggested<\/a> that the president should take an active approach to censoring conservative media and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/11\/pundits-democrats-ocasio-cortez-lists-trump-supporters\/\">punish conservatives<\/a> involved in the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter began <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/12\/twitter-purge-qanon-accounts-conservative\/\">massively cracking down on<\/a> users and activity after rioters supporting former President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol on Jan. 6. The former president <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/08\/twitter-purge-harmful-activity-accounts\/\">was suspended<\/a> from the platform shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is amazing to watch,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1518793469677948928\">tweeted<\/a> OutKick\u2019s Clay Travis on Monday. \u201cDoes he not realize all of this was already done to Republicans?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MSNBC is freaking out that Twitter will now favor the GOP as much as it has favored the Democratic Party: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wKGJDj0xc5\">pic.twitter.com\/wKGJDj0xc5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Abrahms (@MaxAbrahms) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxAbrahms\/status\/1518788140294623233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cHey, <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AriMelber\">@AriMelber<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">, serious question,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1518786210235404288\">quipped<\/a> digital strategist Greg Price. \u201cI\u2019ve been looking for a new rock to live under and was wondering which one you use.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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