After commentator Russell Model tweeted about being “censored on YouTube,” nationally syndicated radio speak present host Dan Bongino invited Tesla CEO Elon Musk to hitch different video platform Rumble.
Russell Model tweeted a video on Sept. 27 with the remark, “I’ve been censored on Youtube.” Within the video, Model stated, “We’ve got been formally censored by YouTube. They took down one in all our movies for ‘misinformation,’ however why are Huge Media organizations not censored for misinformation in the identical approach? Is it as a result of YouTube [is] a part of the mainstream media now?” Model stated he’s shifting his streaming and video content material to Rumble.
Model stated he did a video about “altering narratives round COVID[-19], the pandemic and COVID therapies.” Model stated he cited info from official authorities web sites. YouTube censored the video, in keeping with a screenshot displayed by Model.
Replying to Model’s tweet, Elon Musk tweeted, “Good level.” Dan Bongino then inspired Elon Musk to hitch Rumble as effectively. Musk is at the moment in a authorized battle about his proposed buy of Twitter to make it extra pro-free speech
“Elon, It will be actually unbelievable in the event you and Rumble bought collectively. A pressure multiplier like no different,” Bongino tweeted. Musk merely responded, “I’m a bit preoccupied rn.”
YouTube quietly up to date its draconian COVID-19 misinformation coverage just lately, tacitly admitting it had been improper to censor some content material about masks and vaccines. YouTube’s rank hypocrisy was on show in its latest replace of its insurance policies. It eliminated or edited requirements that had been used to censor and take away content material, apart from permitting leftist media to unfold false statements on the platform.
Model stated he does have a duty to make sure that what he says on YouTube is correct, and famous that his language within the censored video was barely inaccurate in a single occasion; he stated, “recommending” as a substitute of “trialing.”
He then known as out YouTube for hypocrisy. Model juxtaposed how he stated YouTube handled his video to how the platform handled MSNBC host Rachel Maddow for feedback on COVID-19. Maddow falsely claimed in a YouTube video, “Now we all know that the [COVID] vaccines work effectively sufficient that the virus stops with each vaccinated particular person. A vaccinated particular person will get uncovered to the virus, the virus doesn’t infect them.” Even NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted that people can nonetheless get contaminated with COVID-19 after they’ve been vaccinated. The CDC additionally says, “People who find themselves vaccinated should still get COVID-19.”
The MSNBC clip remains to be out there and uncensored on YouTube. It merely has a label from YouTube linked to the “newest info from the CDC” on the COVID-19 vaccines.
Model stated that being “censored on YouTube” for a “comparatively minor error” is the explanation he’s making the transfer to Rumble. The video is accessible on Model’s Rumble channel.
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