{"id":1752108,"date":"2022-11-26T07:33:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T12:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1752108"},"modified":"2022-11-26T10:48:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T15:48:19","slug":"youtube-censors-users-for-publishing-dems-2016-stolen-election-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-censors-users-for-publishing-dems-2016-stolen-election-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Censors Users for Publishing Dems\u2019 2016 Stolen Election Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fyoutube-censors-users-for-publishing-dems-2016-stolen-election-claims%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=1752108&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Matt-Orf.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Independent YouTuber Matt Orfalea does not align with Democrats or Republicans. He eschews any type of label because labels are dangerous, he tells The Federalist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people identify with their politics. I just identify as a video creator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this is why Orfalea\u2019s videos are so effective. Amassing hundreds of thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LQmbttoxUeE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">views<\/a>, and in some cases, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Slm5bvO-_5I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">millions<\/a>, the filmmaker\u2019s work consists of crisply edited mash-ups of politicians and corporate media figures making complete fools of themselves \u2014 without any commentary from Orfalea himself. One such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zl-X-Lgrlf0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mashup<\/a> shows politicians and media decrying the Wuhan lab leak theory as a baseless conspiracy, despite all evidence pointing to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/29\/new-report-supports-claim-covid-19-came-from-wuhan-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contrary<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8qQazyJ99OE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Another<\/a> shows the media\u2019s hypocrisy surrounding the Hunter Biden laptop (and their quest to characterize the story as Russian disinformation \u2014 an actually baseless claim).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"IaRvbeXdA\"><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>While Orfalea\u2019s videos do not explicitly criticize the politicians or talking heads they represent, this has not stopped YouTube from demonetizing certain videos it deems hostile to the establishment-backed narrative of the day.<\/p>\n<p>In the comment section of the Wuhan lab leak video, Orfalea tells viewers, \u201cThis video is of course demonetized without explanation. Follow me on Rumble!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But Orfalea is no stranger to censorship. During the 2016 election, he created a video that revealed PBS News\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/end-the-two-party-system\/pbs-censors-jill-stein-on-the-newshour-7c5735060873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">selective editing<\/a> of an interview with then-Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein. Of particular note was PBS\u2019s censoring of Stein\u2019s entire criticism of Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton and Clinton\u2019s support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Within 24 hours of publishing his video on Facebook, Orfalea said, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/end-the-two-party-system\/now-i-have-been-censored-by-facebook-ac1ffe094476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deleted with no explanation<\/a>. The YouTuber also said last year that he has been <a href=\"https:\/\/censorednews.substack.com\/p\/youtube-deletes-reports-exposing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">censored<\/a> for publishing the <a href=\"https:\/\/0rf.medium.com\/youtube-censors-educational-video-for-using-same-graphic-images-as-cnn-msnbc-8696cb4cac3b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">same content as corporate media outlets<\/a> as well as drawing attention to the comments of a <a href=\"https:\/\/censorednews.substack.com\/p\/netflix-walkout-leaders-racism-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disgruntled Netflix employee<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>But in the wake of the 2022 midterms and YouTube\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/14\/heres-how-big-tech-plans-to-rig-the-2022-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent crackdown<\/a> on election-related \u201cmisinformation,\u201d Orfalea has once again found himself in the popular video platform\u2019s crosshairs.<\/p>\n<p>In September, Orfalea published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uoMfIkz7v6s&#038;feature=emb_imp_woyt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">montage<\/a> of Democrat politicians and media figures questioning the results of the 2016 election and characterizing it as \u201cillegitimate,\u201d \u201crigged,\u201d and \u201chacked.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"CWOd3KCkHAgx4JE1OnD4ba7VBEuSrbBZyP02RiM8JUXanNTzRwxseNXGh35TVkFo\"><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He then released a second montage comparing the statements of then-President Trump questioning the 2020 election results to Democrats \u2014 most notably, Hillary Clinton \u2014 questioning the results of the 2016 contest. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to show that Trump and the Republicans are not the only ones to challenge or question the integrity of an election,\u201d Orfalea said. \u201cIt was literally just the last election cycle. And people have already forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>YouTube immediately <a href=\"https:\/\/taibbi.substack.com\/p\/election-denial-for-me-but-not-for?r=5mz1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tried demonetizing both videos<\/a>, as journalist Matt Taibbi reported, but then reversed the demonetization of the first video after Orfalea pushed back. But that didn\u2019t stop the video-sharing platform from deleting the second video and giving Orfalea a strike (if a YouTuber receives three strikes, his entire channel will be deleted), imperiling his livelihood. Orfalea is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/0rf\/status\/1593409966425051137?s=20&#038;t=hbqahly7bvOJRYSg_1gayw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">banned<\/a> from posting to YouTube for a week. <\/p>\n<p>YouTube rationalized its decision by arguing Orfalea\u2019s second montage \u201ccontains claims that past US presidential elections were rigged or stolen, and our election integrity policy prohibits content that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches occurred in US presidential elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If YouTube\u2019s \u201c\u2018election integrity policy\u2019 prohibits content that advances\u00a0<em>false\u00a0<\/em>claims that \u2018past US presidential elections were rigged or stolen,&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/taibbi.substack.com\/p\/election-denial-for-me-but-not-for?r=5mz1\">Taibbi <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/taibbi.substack.com\/p\/election-denial-for-me-but-not-for?r=5mz1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a>, then it should have removed Orfalea\u2019s first video as well. After all, the first montage features politicians ranging from President Joe Biden to Vice President Kamala Harris \u2014 and even former President Jimmy Carter \u2014 all claiming the 2016 election was rigged and that Trump was an illegitimate president. <\/p>\n<p>But of course, Democrats can get away with election \u201cdenialism\u201d (whatever that means) when <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/22\/the-election-denier-smear-is-the-dumbest-rhetorical-device-in-modern-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republicans can\u2019t<\/a>. Orfalea\u2019s censorship by YouTube just shows how hypocritical leftist politicians, the corporate media, and other peddlers of the Official Narrative really are. And the best part? They don\u2019t care.<\/p>\n<p>No matter that the Russian collusion hoax and claims that Trump stole the 2016 election <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/hillary-clinton-did-it-robby-mook-michael-sussmann-donald-trump-russia-collusion-alfa-bank-11653084709\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">were dead on arrival<\/a>. No matter that voter skepticism over the legitimacy of the 2020 election was indeed <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/12\/the-2020-election-wasnt-stolen-it-was-bought-by-mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">well-founded<\/a> (and outlined in Federalist Editor-In-Chief Mollie Hemingway\u2019s book, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rigged-Media-Democrats-Seized-Elections\/dp\/168451259X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections<\/a>\u201c). Whatever (or whoever) poses a threat to the regime and its narrative must always be squelched \u2013 including inconvenient facts. <\/p>\n<p>Despite finding himself once again under the boot of the left\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/01\/how-the-surveillance-state-and-big-tech-colluded-to-make-twitter-disinformation-the-new-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">censorship regime<\/a>, Orfalea remains undaunted. He\u2019s still <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/vmxb4l\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">committed<\/a> to creating videos that challenge propaganda from both the left and the right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important for people to realize that we swallow the narratives the media feeds us without thinking about it,\u201d Orfalea said.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Victoria Marshall is a staff writer at The Federalist. Her writing has been featured in the New York Post, National Review, and Townhall. She graduated from Hillsdale College in May 2021 with a major in politics and a minor in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @vemrshll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent YouTuber Matt Orfalea does not align with Democrats or Republicans. 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