{"id":2415176,"date":"2025-03-25T16:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T20:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-play-dumb-about-censorship-because-it-benefits-them\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T16:20:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T20:20:47","slug":"democrats-play-dumb-about-censorship-because-it-benefits-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-play-dumb-about-censorship-because-it-benefits-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Play Dumb About Censorship Because It Benefits Them"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdemocrats-play-dumb-about-censorship-because-it-benefits-them%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=2415176&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--><p>Mollie Hemingway, Editor-In-Chief of The Federalist, confronted Democrat Senator Peter Welch during a Senate hearing regarding the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-trump-derangement-gave-birth-to-the-censorship-industrial-complex\/\" title=\"How Trump Derangement Gave Birth To The\u00a0Censorship-Industrial\u00a0Complex\">censorship-industrial complex<\/a>&#8221; and its impact on conservative media. Welch questioned Hemingway&#8217;s claims of coercive government influence on journalism, asking for a concrete definition of the term. Hemingway explained how government agencies collaborate wiht various organizations to silence dissenting voices and described incidents where her publication faced targeted censorship, particularly criticizing its coverage of the Black Lives matter protests. The exchange highlighted the ongoing tensions between governmental influences on media and the concept of free speech, with hemingway asserting that the Democrat party relies on the censorship-industrial complex to suppress opposing viewpoints.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/committee-activity\/hearings\/the-censorship-industrial-complex\">Senate Judiciary Committee<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/25\/hemingway-to-dem-you-play-dumb-about-the-censorship-industrial-complex-because-it-works-for-your-party\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Hemingway%20To%20Dem:%20You%20Play%20Dumb%20About%20The%20Censorship-Industrial%20Complex%20Because%20It%20Works%20For%20Your%20Party&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/25\/hemingway-to-dem-you-play-dumb-about-the-censorship-industrial-complex-because-it-works-for-your-party\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Hemingway%20To%20Dem:%20You%20Play%20Dumb%20About%20The%20Censorship-Industrial%20Complex%20Because%20It%20Works%20For%20Your%20Party&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/25\/hemingway-to-dem-you-play-dumb-about-the-censorship-industrial-complex-because-it-works-for-your-party\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/25\/hemingway-to-dem-you-play-dumb-about-the-censorship-industrial-complex-because-it-works-for-your-party\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Hemingway%20To%20Dem:%20You%20Play%20Dumb%20About%20The%20Censorship-Industrial%20Complex%20Because%20It%20Works%20For%20Your%20Party&amp;body=%E2%80%98In%20part,%20because%20you%20can%20rely%20on%20the%20censorship-industrial%20complex%20to%20do%20the%20work%20for%20you,%E2%80%99%20Hemingway%20retorted.%20%20%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/25\/hemingway-to-dem-you-play-dumb-about-the-censorship-industrial-complex-because-it-works-for-your-party\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Federalist Editor-In-Chief Mollie Hemingway schooled a Democrat Senator on Tuesday when he tried to play dumb in a Senate hearing about the censorship-industrial complex and its partisan targeting of publications like The Federalist.<\/p>\n<p>Not long into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/committee-activity\/hearings\/the-censorship-industrial-complex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution&rsquo;s hearing<\/a> about the vast network of organizations seeking to silence conservative and dissenting voices, Ranking Member Peter Welch of Vermont asked Hemingway to elaborate on her opinion that there was &ldquo;coercive power that was used to infringe on the work that you do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-140497705\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Yes, because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-order-could-end-the-government-censorship-complex\/\" title=\"Trump Order Could End The ...-Censorship Complex\">censorship-industrial complex &#038;mdash<\/a>; it involves government funding at the federal and state level, working with NGOs, whether they&rsquo;re for-profit or nonprofit,&rdquo; Hemingway noted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"dngYBtUu12cJajQ3xolMRV0LmqEFNZkfDG8spyzKwie9vW7S\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway schools Democrat senator on the censorship-industrial complex. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aJohCX7xQo\">pic.twitter.com\/aJohCX7xQo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Federalist (@FDRLST) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDRLST\/status\/1904619874711986479?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In an attempt to feign ignorance about the effects of government-sponsored silencing, which have been widely reported and ruled on over the last five years, Welch asked Mollie to define the &ldquo;industrial-censorship complex&rdquo; because it &ldquo;is an abstract term.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t mean a lot to me. It conveys a lot of meaning, obviously, to many people here, but it has to get down to something very concrete, as to what the government did,&rdquo; Welch said. &ldquo;If it&rsquo;s an NGO, your view, I think the chairman&rsquo;s view too, is that that NGO is hand in glove with the government.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hemingway began to explain how the federal government has financially partnered with shadowy nongovernmental organizations to do its censorship dirty work, such as &ldquo;flag items&rdquo; so that &ldquo;for-profit Big Tech companies will then remove the content.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Welch interrupted Hemingway to insist that the Democrat Party did not have enough wits or gumption to orchestrate such a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">widespread speech control campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You give us way too much credit for being that organized to be able to put this whole massive enterprise together,&rdquo; Welch insisted. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know how it works.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In part, because you can rely on the censorship-industrial complex to do the work for you,&rdquo; Hemingway retorted.<\/p>\n<p>Welch quickly ended the exchange by yielding back his time. <\/p>\n<p>In her opening statement to the subcommittee, Hemingway noted that she and The Federalist have both &ldquo;been targets of the censorship-industrial complex.&rdquo; This infringement, Hemingway continued, became exceptionally obvious in 2020 when the foreign dark money group The Center For Countering Digital Hate tried to orchestrate the demonetization of The Federalist &ldquo;because we published a critique of corporate media coverage of Black Lives Matter riots.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"NL3zFjOxFoCQe6Z8wKndvu7Zf1yV9vgDci9zhsUSrsmxGpai8bAMItEWV7XkH0I41YuwrEdSUKlfehGXLy5T0Dc24Jtg\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hemingway: &#8220;My publication, The Federalist, and I have been targets of the censorship-industrial complex.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/igfPAPujo2\">pic.twitter.com\/igfPAPujo2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Federalist (@FDRLST) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDRLST\/status\/1904612551066890398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. 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