ELIZABETH: HILLARY, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR REPORTING.
TO ANOTHER BIG STORY TODAY, THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BACKING
LEGISLATION CHIPPING AAT FEDERAL
PROTECTION FROM LAWSUITS THAT
MEDIA A GIANTS AND FACEBOOK AND
GOOGLE ENJOY ABOUT THEY CENSOR
POLITICAL SPEECH THEY DON’T
AGREE WITH INCLUDING OTHER
REASONS AS WELL.
WE HAVE TOP REPUBLICANS
INCLUDING SENATOR TED CRUZ AND
MARSHA BLACKBURN RAISING FIRE
ENGINE RED ALARMS THAT AMERICANS
ARE NOT GETTING BALANCED
INFORMATION AN BALANCED NEWS
REPORTING ON THE INTERNET
BECAUSE INTERNET COMPANIES LIKE
FACEBOOK, GOOGLE AND TWITTER ARE
CENSORING CONSERVATIVES.
WE HAVE CONGRESSMAN DEVIN NUNES,
RANKING MEMBER ON THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN,
CONGRESSMAN.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS
STORY ABOUT GOOGLE?
>> THIS IS THE STORY OF THE LAST
THREE YEARS, EVER SKINS THE 2016
ELECTION THE DEMOCRATS AND LEFT
LEARNED NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE 90%
OF THE MEDIA ON YOUR SIDE.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO RUN IT THROUGH
A FUNNEL AND THAT FUNNEL IS
FACEBOOK, GOOGLE AND TWITTER.
THEY HAVE TO CONTROL THAT IT
STARTED RIGHT AFTER 2016
ELECTION.
THEY SAID, OH IT IS FAKE NEWS IS
THE REASON WHY TRUMP WON.
SO THERE IS NOT A MORE IMPORTANT
ISSUE THAN THIS ISSUE.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE BEING
CENSORED.
CONSERVATIVES ARE BEING
CENSORED.
THE INFORMATION THAT IS FLOWING
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS BEING
CENSORED.
IT IS JUST THE BOTTOM LINE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE
HAVE HEADED TO THE NEXT
ELECTION?
I THINK IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR
REPUBLICANS TO WIN IF THIS
CENSORING CONTINUES.
ELIZABETH: YEAH, CONGRESSMAN,
HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED.
SEEMS DEROGATORY READER
COMMENTS, JUST READER COMMENTS,
SHOWING UP ON THE CONSERVATIVE
WEBSITE, THE MEDIA OUTLET,
"THE FEDERALIST," NEGATIVE
COMMENTS ABOUT LOOTING AND
RIOTING WERE ENOUGH FOR GOOGLE
TO THREATEN "THE FEDERALIST" IT
WOULD GET KICKED OFF GOOGLE’S
ADVERTISING NETWORK.
GOOGLE IS THE WORLD’S BIGGEST
PURVEYOR AND PUBLISHER OF NEWS.
IT IS A ADVERTISING BEHEMOTH.
THAT IS THE STORY T HAS MASSIVE
POWER.
IT CAN BANKRUPT ANYONE THAT
DISAGREES WITH BY BLOCKING THEM
INCLUDING THE LITTLE GUYS.
YOUR TAKE?
>> YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT ABOUT
DEMONETIZING, BANKRUPTING
PEOPLE, GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU
SAID, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR THE AWE YEARNS TO KNOW, IT
WAS THE COMMENTS.
IT WAS NOT EVEN THE STORY THAT
WAS WRITTEN OWN "THE FEDERALIST"
WEBSITE IT, WAS THE COMMENTS
SECTION.
YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO, IF YOU
EVER, IN ANYBODY THAT IS OUT
THERE, COMMENT SECTION ON ANY
WEBSITE ANYWHERE, MOST OF THE
TIME YOU CAN’T EVEN TRACK THOSE
PEOPLE.
SO, AND I PROMISE YOU THIS.
IF I WAS TO COPY ALL OF THE
SUPPOSED COMMENTS THAT WERE ON
"THE FEDERALIST" WEB SITE AND I
JUST COPIED THEM, WENT OVER AND
PUT THEM ON
"THE WASHINGTON POST," OR CNN,
OR "THE NEW YORK TIMES," DO YOU
THINK THERE IS ANY POSSIBILITY,
REMOTE POSSIBILITY THAT GOOGLE
WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING
TO THOSE MAINSTREAM MEDIA
OUTLETS?
HELL NO, THEY WOULDN’T HAVE.
ELIZABETH: YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT.
THEY’RE VIRTUALLY THE SAME
READER COMMENTS.
NBC IS IN ON THE STORY TOO.
NBC BASICALLY WORKED ON A STORY
THEY MADE ERRORS IN IT.
GOOGLE SAYING EFFECTIVELY NBC
GOT IT WRONG IN ITS COVERAGE
HERE.
THAT GOOGLE NEVER BLOCKED
"THE FEDERALIST" AS NBC
INITIALLY REPORTED.
CRITICS SAY NBC HERE
PARTICULARLY EGREGIOUS,
CONGRESSMAN, BECAUSE NBC
REPORTER BROUGHT
"THE FEDERALIST" AND THE OTHER
SIGHT, ZEROHEDGE TO GOOGLE’S
ATTENTION, CITING COMPLAINTS
FROM OVERSEAS LEFT-WING WATCHDOG
GROUPS.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LISTEN TO
CHRIS BEDFORD OF
"THE FEDERALIST" LAST NIGHT ON
THIS.
LET’S TAKE A LISTEN.
>> I CAN TELL YOU FOR CERTAIN
THERE HAS BEEN A MASSIVE
REACTION ON BEHALF OF
"THE FEDERALIST" NOW ALLIES ON
CAPITOL HILL, ALLIES IN THE
MEDIA, PEOPLE SAYING THIS IS
FLAT-OUT WRONG TO TRY TO CENSOR
US.
IT IS VERY HAM-FISTED ATTEMPT BY
NBC NEWS TO TRY AND CENSOR.
IT WILL BE SORTED OUT PRETTY
QUICKLY.
ELIZABETH: WATCH
"THE FEDERALIST" COFOUNDER SEAN
DAVIS WITH TUCKER CARLSON LAST
NIGHT.
LET’S LISTEN TO HIM.
>> HERE WE HAVE A FOREIGN UNIT
AT NBC, WITH ORWELLIAN NAME THE
NBC NEWS VERIFICATION UNIT.
IRONY THERE IS ENOUGH TO MAKE
YOU LAUGH, SEEKING WITH ANOTHER
LEFT-WING FOREIGN GROUP TO
DEPLATFORM AN AMERICAN MEDIA
ORGANIZATION.
WE HAVE A BIG AUDIENCE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE.
WE WERE ABLE TO STOP THIS NOW
MOST PEOPLE, 99.99% OF PEOPLE
WHO GET CANCELED OR DEPLATFORMED
BY THESE MARXIST CRY BOYS, DON’T
HAVE ANY RECOURSE.
THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEM
IS THE REAL CRIME.
ELIZABETH: CONGRESSMAN, SO AN
NBC REPORTER IS GETTING
CRITICIZED, SHE APPLAUDED ON HER
TWITTER ACCOUNT ON HER
COLLABORATION WITH TWO OVERSEAS
GROUPS IN EUROPE THAT HELPED NBC
IN ITS REPORTING GET GOOGLE TO
GO AFTER THE CONSERVATIVE SITES.
YOUR TAKE ON NBC HERE?
>> WELL LOOK, NBC IS PART OF THE
90% THAT ARE EXTREME LEFT AND
THE REPORTERS ARE EVEN WORSE
THAN THE COMPANIES AND THE
MANAGEMENT.
SO THE THAT THEY WOULD WORK WITH
ALL THE SO-CALLED NON-PROFIT
INDEPENDENT GROUPS, THERE IS NO
SUCH THING OUT THERE ANYMORE.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A
TRULY INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT,
THAT IS NOT ENGAGING IN
POLITICS.
A TRUE FACT CHECKER SO TO SPEAK.
FACT CHECKER IS ONLY IN ONE’S
MIND AND THAT’S WHY THESE
INTERNET COMPANIES WERE GIVEN
THESE SPECIAL PRIVILEGES SO THAT
THEY’RE NOT TREATED LIKE YOU,
LIZ, LIKE FOX BUSINESS.
THEY’RE TREATED DIFFERENTLY
BECAUSE THIS WAS TO CREATE THE
SUPERHIGHWAY SO THAT EVERYBODY
COULD COMMUNICATE AND THERE
COULD BE AN OPEN SQUARE, SO THAT
COMPANIES COULD BE DEVELOPED AND
THEY COULD USE THAT INTERNET
ACCESS.
THAT’S WHY THESE COMPANIES WERE
GIVEN THIS, THIS EXCLUSIVE
CAPABILITY UNDER THE LAW SO THEY
COULDN’T BE PROSECUTED.
BUT THE REALITY IS, IS, I MEAN
WE CAN CHANGE THE LAW BUT I
ACTUALLY DON’T BELIEVE THESE
COMPANIES, I THINK GOOGLE
ALREADY IS NOT EVEN, THEY
SHOULDN’T EVEN BE COVERED UNDER
THIS.
I THINK TECHNICALLY THEY’RE NOT
AND I THINK IF PEOPLE BEGIN TO
BRING LAWSUITS AGAINST THEM,
LIKE I AM AGAINST TWITTER, I
THINK YOU WILL FIND THAT JUDGES
ULTIMATELY WILL FIND THAT THIS
IS NOT GOING, THIS IS NOT GOING
TO STAND.
ELIZABETH: AND WHAT AN IRONY
THAT GOOGLE IS MOVING TO CENSOR
THE FEDERALIST FOR THIRD PARTY
READER COMMENTS ON
"THE FEDERALIST" WEBSITE AS
GOOGLE STILL WANTS THAT FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT PROTECTION FROM
LAWSUITS FOR THIRD PARTY CONTENT
ON ITS WEBSITE.
ISN’T THERE COMMON SENSE HERE?
FINAL QUESTION, GOOGLE DOESN’T
NEED TO GO SCORCHED EARTH AND
CENSOR.
IT COULD SAY YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE’LL NOT SHOW ADS ON READER
COMMENTS ON EVERYBODY’S WEBSITE,
INCLUDING "WASHINGTON POST,"
CNN, EVERYBODY, INSTEAD OF
CENSORING TO YOUR POINT?
>> LOOK I’M QUITE SURE AS I SAID
THE LEGAL ARGUMENTS ARE SOUND.
IT IS JUST A MATTER OF BRINGING
THE RIGHT CASES IN COURT.
I’M SURE "THE FEDERALIST" WOULD
HAVE A CASE IN COURT IF GOOGLE
WOULD FOLLOW THROUGH.
WHICH SOUNDS LIKE THEY BACKED
OFF.
JUST ON THE FACE OF IT FLIES IN
THE FACE OF COMMON SENSE THAT
YOU CAN GO OUT AND EDIT WHAT
PEOPLE ARE COMMENTING ON.
THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT, THAT HE
HAVE THIS THE LAW, THEY’RE
SUPPOSED TO ALLOW THAT.
THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE THE
PROTECTION.
ELIZABETH: YEAH.
CONGRESSMAN NUNES, ALWAYS GREAT