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I DON'T CARE. >> THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" -- >> NOT JUDGING. >> "WALL STREET JOURNAL" THIS MORNING. I WANT TO HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS "WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORT"ING FACEBOOK REMOVED CONTENT RELATED TO COVID-19? RESPONSE TO PRESSURE FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT TWITTER. THE "WASHINGT "WALL STREET JOUR" DISCUSSED JULY 2021 ORIGIN OF THE PANDEMIC THE WHITE HOUSE WANTED TO CONTROL. FACEBOOK'S VICE PRESIDENT OF CONTENT UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND OTHERS TO DO MORE THE DISCUSSION TOOK PLACE THREE MONTHS AR FACEBOOK DECIDED TO STOP BANNING POSTS WHETHER IT WAS MAN-MADE MANUFACTURED. TELLING THE "JOURNAL" DISCUSSIONS AIMED AT PROMOTING THE ADOPTION OF VACCINES AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS. THINK GOES TO WHAT THE COURT RULING WAS ABOUT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION OR ANY, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY PART OF GOVERNMENT, CAN OR CANNOT TELL A SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY ABOUT WHAT THEY SHOULD PUBLISH AND I'M STILL IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE A MONTH AGO WHEN THE STORY FIRST CAME OUT, WHICH IS -- >> SO AM I. >> YOU'RE EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE. >> WHEN WAS THAT LETTER? >> JULY 21 SAYING BUT SOME OF THE STUFF MUCH EARLIER THAN THAT. >> I THINK WE KNEW, HUGE SUSPICIONS CAME OUT OF THE WUHAN LAB AT THAT POINT. >> HISTORICALLY -- >> MY POINT -- >> IT'S BEEN, IF THIS ADMINISTRATION OR ANY ADMINISTRATION TO ME, TOTAL APOLITICAL SITUATION WHICH IS, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE IF YOU WANT TO CALL UP A SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY, FACEBOOK WANTS TO LISTEN TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THAT'S ON FACEBOOK ON TWITTER ON ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. >> IT'S LIKE THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALL OF THIS POWER TO SAY THERE CAN BE CONSEQUENCES IF YOU DON'T LISTEN TO THEM IT'S NOT LIKE THAT WITH ANYTHING ELSE. >> I SAY IT AND RAISE THE PENTAGON PAPERS RAISED SO MANY OTHERS. >> "NEW YORK TIMES" ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. >> I KNOW, BUT SO MANY -- >> WOULD YOU TELL THE IN THE IN THE HOW TO -- >> "NEW YORK TIMES" SAME -- >> PILLARED FOR TAKING SAME VIEWPOINT YOU TAKE, WHICH IS WEIRD YOU CAN BE SO SIMPATICO. >> MY VIEW MOMENT I SAW THE STORY. >> IT'S HERE AND -- BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY COOL, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO, TO FRAME -- >> I'M NOT FRAMING, TRUST ME NOT FRAMING ANYTHING FOR ANYTHING THIS IS FOR ANDREW ROSS SORKIN ALL I'M SAYING IS. >> HUGE, IT'S BIG. >> YOU HAVE -- BY THE WAY TRUE DURING THE PANDEMIC AND TRUE OF ALL SORTS OF THINGS. YOU HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION HAD THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BY THE WAY, PEOPLE PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, IN THIS BUILDING, TELLING PEOPLE. >> NOT AT THE -- >> SAYING, HEY, I WISH YOU WOULDN'T, YOU GUYS WEREN'T SAY THAT I WISH YOU WERE SAYING THAT. THIS HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE DAY IN ALL PORTS OF MEDIA KNOW WHAT? IT'S ON THE MEDIA -- IT'S ON THE MEDIA TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO. >> GET RESTRICTION OF SECTION 236, PROBABLY. >> 230. >> YEAH. 230. MARK A GOOD BOY. ALWAYS A GOOD BOY. BOTTOM LINE ON THIS, TOO TRIED TO DO -- IT'S ALL -- WELL INTENTIONED. I STILL -- >> YOU DON'T WANT YOUR REGULATOR. >> WHAT THE SANOFI GUY JUST SAID LOOK AT REALLY CLEAN DATA AND SEE OVERWHELMINGLY THE VACCINES -- ACTUALLY IN DISPUTE NOW. PEOPLE ARE -- WHAT TRUMP SAID. ASKED TRUMP, ARE YOU GLAD YOU, OPERATION WHATEVER THE HELL IT WAS GOT THE VACCINE. HE GOES, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT. DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE A VICTORY LAP GETTING THE VACCINES OUT THERE, BECAUSE GUYS LIKE RFK JR. SO WEIRD THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING IN HINDSIGHT AT -- GOES DOWN IN HISTORY VACCINES SAVED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND PROBABLY ENDED THE PANDEMIC I SEE WHAT THEY'RETRYING TO TRY TO DO IT BUT I STILL DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA WISH WE HAD KNOWN ALL THE -- THE EVIDENCE IS GONE WHERE IT CAME FROM. >> WE THINK IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL? IN A WORLD OF FREE SPEECH SHOULD IT REALLY BE ILLEGAL FOR SOMEBODY. >> I WANT TO SEE THAT STUFF. I WANT TO SEE THE STUFF I DIDN'T SEE! THAT'S MY -- >> A QUESTION FOR YOU. SO YESTERDAY -- >> REGULATOR TO HAVE THE POWER. >> YESTERDAY ELON MUSK. >> YEAH. >> EFFECT LIVELY CONNECTED LeBRN JAMES'S SON HEART ATTACK WITH A POSSIBILITY IT WAS RELATED TO A VACCINE. >> RIGHT. >> IRRESPONSIBLE >> OKAY. >> GOT A GUY CHALLENGING BIDEN THAT SAID THE WACKIEST STUFF BAR NONE, ABOUT ALMOST EVERY SUBJECT AND IS GETTING -- RFK JR. SAID STUFF -- TAKE YOUR PICK SAID STUFF SO OUT THERE. >> OF COURSE, PEOPLE SAYING WE GOT ALIEN BODIES -- >> MY VIEW, I WISH THEY DIDN'T SAY THOSE THING AND WEREN'TAGE PLA PHIED. PEOPLE HAVE THE RADIORIGHT TO S THEY WANT TO SAY. >> AND WHY IT SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN. >> THAT'S ON FACEBOOK. >> I ALSO THINK ALMOST PUBLIC. THE PROBLEM IS, WHEN YOU HAVE A REGULATOR, I UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES OF THIS ARGUMENT WHEN YOU HAVE A REGULATE HERE HAS THAT KIND OF POWER OVER YOU, EVER HAD THE GOVERNMENT COME UP AGAINST YOU. >> SCARY. >> CAN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO -- IS IN CHARGE OF, YOU KNOW, THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE GO BEFORE THEM, SOME SOME OF THOSE GUYS ASKING FOR DONATIONS. >> 100%. THE WHOLE THING, THE WORST PART WE HAVE NOW, GOES BACK TO MONEY AND GOVERNMENT THERE'S A COMPLETE CORRUPTION ON THE DONATION SIDE. THERE'S A COMPLETE CORRUPTION ON THE PRESSURE THAT SOME OF THESE AGENCIES ARE TRYING TO PUT ON EITHER COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS OR ALL SORTS OF THINGS. >> RIGHT MAKE IT TRY TO GO AWAY. >> RETRIBUTION -- >> PRESSURE, NO ONE'S GOT MORE POWER THAN PUBLIC UNIONS. >> THE STRENGTH MEDIA, SO MANY EXAMPLES INSTANCES, MANY EXAMPLES, GONE TO DIFFERENT MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS AND PRESSURE THEM TO DO THINGS. >> CAN I ASK
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Channel: CNBC Television
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Length: 6min 9sec (369 seconds)
Published: Fri Jul 28 2023
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