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Just yesterday, we discussed<\/a> the censoring of a commentator by Twitter for merely expressing an opinion over the need for a \u201cpause\u201d on any federal mandates on Covid-19 as new research is studied. Now, a former New York Times science reporter, Alex Berenson<\/strong>, has been suspended for simply citing the results from a clinical trial by Pfizer and raising questions over any vaccine mandate. In the meantime, the White House accused both the Washington Post and New York Times of irresponsible reporting on Covid, but surprisingly Twitter has not suspended those accounts.\u00a0 It is the license of the censor.\u00a0 Twitter is unwilling to let people read or discuss viewpoints that it disagrees with as a corporation. Many on the left, however, have embraced the concept of corporate speech and censorship<\/a>. It turns out that the problem with censorship for many was the failure to censor views that they opposed. With the \u201cright\u201d censors at work, the free speech concerns have been set aside.<\/em><\/p>\n

I have little ability to judge the science on such questions. Moreover, I was eager to be vaccinated as was my entire family. I would get the vaccination today with equal enthusiasm. However, I welcome the debate for data. Yet, rather than answer such critics and refute their arguments, many people focus on silencing anyone with dissenting viewpoints like Berenson.<\/p>\n

Berenson has been effectively confined to Substack<\/a> by Big Tech due to his discussing dissenting views on the science surrounding Covid-19. His latest offense against Big Tech came when he posted the results published by Pfizer of its own clinical data. He claimed that the research showed little difference in mortality between those in the trial with a vaccine and those given a placebo.<\/p>\n

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The author, Professor Jonathan Turley, is a nationally recognized legal scholar who has written extensively in areas ranging from constitutional law to legal theory to tort law. He has written over three dozen academic articles that have appeared in a variety of leading law journals at Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Northwestern, University of Chicago, and other schools.<\/p>\n

This is an excerpt of a post published by jonathanturley.org<\/a> and is shared in accordance with the terms of fair use for educational purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\nJust yesterday, we discussed the censoring of a commentator by Twitter for merely expressing an opinion over the need for a \u201cpause\u201d on any federal mandates on Covid-19 as new research is studied. Now, a former New York Times science reporter, Alex Berenson, has been suspended for simply citing the results from a clinical trial by Pfizer and raising questions over any vaccine mandate. In the meantime, the White House accused both the Washington Post and New York Times of irresponsible reporting on Covid, but surprisingly Twitter has not suspended those accounts.\u00a0 It is the license of the censor.\u00a0 Twitter is unwilling to let people read or discuss viewpoints that it disagrees with as a corporation. Many on the left, however, have embraced the concept of corporate speech and censorship. It turns out that the problem with censorship for many was the failure to censor views that they opposed. With the \u201cright\u201d censors at work, the free speech concerns have been set aside.
\nI have little ability to judge the science on such questions. Moreover, I was eager to be vaccinated as was my entire family. I would get the vaccination today with equal enthusiasm. However, I welcome the debate for data. Yet, rather than answer such critics and refute their arguments, many people focus on silencing anyone with dissenting viewpoints like Berenson.
\nBerenson has been effectively confined to Substack by Big Tech due to his discussing dissenting views on the science surrounding Covid-19. His latest offense against Big Tech came when he posted the results published by Pfizer of its own clinical data. He claimed that the research showed little difference in mortality between those in the trial with a vaccine and those given a placebo.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the White House sent out an all caps condemnation for \u201ccompletely irresponsible\u201d reporting on the infliction of vaccinated people according to another study.
\nBen Wakana, deputy director of strategic communications and engagement for the White House, blasted the Washington Post over its headline about a study of a COVID-19 outbreak in Provincetown, Massachusetts on July 4th. The Post tweet\u00a0read \u201cVaccinated people made up three-quarters of those infected in a massive Massachusetts covid-19 outbreak, pivotal CDC study finds.\u201d Wakana responded \u201cCompletely irresponsible, 3 days ago the CDC made clear that vaccinated individuals represent a VERY SMALL amount of transmission occurring around the country. Virtually all hospitalizations and deaths continue to be among the unvaccinated. Unreal to not put that in context.\u201d<\/p>\n

Completely irresponsible.
\n3 days ago the CDC made clear that vaccinated individuals represent a VERY SMALL amount of transmission occurring around the country.
\nVirtually all hospitalizations and deaths continue to be among the unvaccinated.
\nUnreal to not put that in context. https:\/\/t.co\/BbmSNvQlrb
\n\u2014 Ben Wakana (@benwakana46) July 30, 2021<\/p>\n

Wakana addressed the same issue with\u00a0 a New York Times tweet stating \u201cBreaking News: The Delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and may be spread by vaccinated people as easily as the unvaccinated, an internal C.D.C. report said.\u201d That sent Wakana into all caps: \u201cVACCINATED PEOPLE DO NOT TRANSMIT THE VIRUS AT THE SAME RATE AS UNVACCINATED PEOPLE AND IF YOU FAIL TO INCLUDE THAT CONTEXT YOU\u2019RE DOING IT WRONG.\u201d<\/p>\n

VACCINATED PEOPLE DO NOT TRANSMIT THE VIRUS AT THE SAME RATE AS UNVACCINATED PEOPLE AND IF YOU FAIL TO INCLUDE THAT CONTEXT YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG. https:\/\/t.co\/gBkDbJ21xX
\n\u2014 Ben Wakana (@benwakana46) July 30, 2021<\/p>\n

Now all three posters (Berenson, The Post, and The Times) were citing studies and accused of not putting them into context. However, only Berenson was suspended.
\nObviously, none of these posters should be suspended and Twitter should not be enforcing one of the largest censorship programs in history. However, the silence of free speech supports, academics, and journalists to this hypocrisy is deafening.
\nThe rise of corporate censors has combined with a heavily pro-Biden media to create the fear of a de facto state media that controls information due to a shared ideology rather than state coercion.\u00a0 That concern has been magnified by demands from Democratic leaders for increased censorship, including censoring political speech, and now word that the Biden Administration has routinely been flagging material to be censored by Facebook.
\nThis is why I\u00a0have described\u00a0myself as an Internet Originalist:
\nThe alternative is \u201cinternet originalism\u201d \u2014 no censorship. If social media companies returned to their original roles, there would be no slippery slope of political bias or opportunism; they would assume the same status as telephone companies. We do not need companies to protect us from harmful or \u201cmisleading\u201d thoughts. The solution to bad speech is more speech, not approved speech.
\nIf Pelosi demanded that Verizon or Sprint interrupt calls to stop people saying false or misleading things, the public would be outraged. Twitter serves the same communicative function between consenting parties; it simply allows thousands of people to participate in such digital exchanges. Those people do not sign up to exchange thoughts only to have Dorsey or some other internet overlord monitor their conversations and \u201cprotect\u201d them from errant or harmful thoughts.
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