CHERYL: SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP
IN FOCUS, ACTOR CLAIMING THAT
FACEBOOK HAS TAKEN DOWN ITS PAGE
WITHOUT WARNING.
WE REMOVED KEVIN’S PAGE FOR
REPEATEDLY SHARING DEBUNKED
CLAIMS ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS OR
VACCINES.
WELL, JOINING ME NOW IS ACTOR
KEVIN SORBO, KEVIN, GOOD
MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, HOW ARE Y’ALL
DOING THERE?
CHERYL: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
YOUR REACTION FROM THE STATEMENT
FROM FACEBOOK?
>> THEY’VE BEEN SHADOW-BANNING
ME FOR A YEAR NOW.
I HAVE OVER 500,000 FOLLOWERS
AND ONLY ALLOWED ME TO SEE
10,000 AND EVERY TIME THEY’VE
COME BACK TO ME AND SAY, HEY, WE
HAVE TO GET RID OF THIS BECAUSE
WE THINK THIS IS THEIR VERSION
OF FAKE NEWS.
I TAKE IT DOWN.
EVEN THOUGH I COULD ARGUE WITH
THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON’T
WANT TO LOSE MY PAGE BUT THIS
TIME AROUND THEY TOOK ME DOWN.
THERE WAS NO WARNINGS OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I’VE BEEN MORE THAN HAPPY TO
TAKE DOWN WHATEVER OFFENSIVE
POST THAT FACEBOOK DEEMED THAT I
SHOULD NOT BE POSTING, SO I -- I
QUESTION THEIR STATEMENTS SAYING
THAT THEY GAVE ME SOME WARNING.
CHERYL: NO, NO, CANCEL CULTURE
IS ALIVE AND WELL.
BRIAN BRENBERG HOP INTO THIS.
BRIAN: YOU TALK ABOUT --
FACEBOOK TALKS ABOUT REMOVING
THINGS BECAUSE THEY ARE
DEBUNKED.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THE
DEBUNKING AND FACT-CHECKING AND
SAY IT’S REALLY NOT
FACT-CHECKING AT ALL.
IT’S SOMEBODY’S OPINION OR THE
OPINION OF THE PREVAILING
MAJORITY.
WHEN THIS HAPPENS, DOES ANYBODY
BOTHER TO TELL YOU WHY EXACTLY
THINGS ARE BEING TAKEN DOWN,
EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT IT IS THAT
YOU’VE MISSED THAT’S BEEN
DEFINITIVELY PROVEN TO BE FALSE?
>> THIS DOES NOT IMMEDIATE OUR
GUIDELINES AND WE ARE TAKING IT
DOWN.
WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE IT DOWN
OTHERWISE WE -- YOU ARE GOING TO
LOSE YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THEM.
I POST THINGS THAT USUALLY COME
FROM WHAT DOCTORS ARE SAYING
ABOUT THE VIRUS OR I SET
POSTINGS ON WHAT OTHER PEOPLE
ARE SAYING ABOUT THE VOTER
FRAUD.
IF THAT DOESN’T FIT THEIR
NARRATIVE, THEY JUST GET RID OF
YOU.
FREEDOM SPEECH HAS OBVIOUSLY
GONE OUT THE WINDOW AND IT’S
INSANITY WHAT WE ARE GOING
THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
I THINK IT’S SAD.
I WOULD LOVE FACEBOOK TO PUT ME
BACK ON AND GIVE ME ALL MY
FOLLOWERS AND MOVE TO PARLER,
THEY CAN FOLLOW ME THERE.
DON’T TAKEAWAY THE FOLLOWERS
THAT WERE FOLLOWING ME BECAUSE
THE MAJORITY OF THEM OBVIOUSLY
LIKED WHAT I WAS SAYING AND LIKE
WHAT HAD MY MOVIES AND TV SHOWS
AND ALWAYS THE FEW PEOPLE THAT
-- THEY LOVE TO CONTROL YOU.
I ALWAYS GET A KICK OUT OF
PEOPLE THAT POST THE HATE ABOUT
ME.
IF YOU HATE ME, WHY DO YOU
FOLLOW ME?
IT CRACKS ME.
IT DOESN’T BOTHER ME IN THE
LEAST.
CHERYL: I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU
ABOUT OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA FORMS.
YOU MENTIONED PARLER.
>> I THINK PARLER IS A GOOD
PLACE TO GO AND THERE’S ANOTHER
ONE CALLED CLOUTHUB.
THEY PUT AN AMAZING APP THERE
AND SOCIAL MEDIA FORM TO FOLLOW.
I’M JUMPING ON BOARD WITH THOSE
GUYS RIGHT NOW.
CHERYL: CANCEL CULTURE, IT’S
COMING FOR EVERYONE, GOYA CEO,
CHRIS HARRISON WITH THE BACHELOR
SHOW.
HOW DO YOU COMBAT THE POWER OF
THE ONLINE MOBS THAT HAVE WHO IS
GOING TO BE NEXT?
>> I WISH I HAD THE ANSWER TO
THAT.
I FIND IT AMAZING THAT A PLACE
LIKE FACEBOOK HAS MORE POWER
THAN THE GOVERNMENT APPARENTLY
AND THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS THEM
TO DO WHAT THEY ARE DOING RIGHT
NOW IN TERMS OF CANCELING PEOPLE
THAT THEY DON’T AGREE WITH AND
THEIR OWN POLITICS OR WHATEVER
IT MAY BE, NOT RELIGIOUS,
WHATEVER IT IS. YOU KNOW, BEING A CHRISTIAN AND
YOU KNOW, BEING A CHRISTIAN AND
CONSERVATIVE IN HOLLYWOOD IS
LIKE BEING A DOUBLE LEOPARD.
I WILL GIVE A QUICK PLUG BEFORE
THE WRATH.
CHERYL: I WANT TO BRING IN JAMES
FREEMAN.
JAMES, YOU AND MARIA HAVE TALKED
ABOUT THIS TOPIC AS WELL.
JAMES: YEAH, THANKS, KEVIN, I’M
GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT KIND OF
CAREER PENALTY THERE IS IN
HOLLYWOOD FOR HAVING THESE
UNCONVENTIONAL BY HOLLYWOOD
STANDARD VIEWS.
IS THERE PEOPLE THAT SAY I LIKE
TO WORK WITH YOU BUT CAN’T,
WHAT’S THE FEEDBACK?
>> YEAH, THAT’S HAPPENED.
MY MANAGER BOTH BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS SAY WE CAN’T DO IT ANYMORE
BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
SAY.
I’M GOING, WOW, ISN’T THIS THE
INDUSTRY THAT SCREAMS FOR
TOLERANCE AND APPARENTLY IT’S A
ONE-WAY STREET.
I LOVE THE INDUSTRY, I DON’T
HARBOR ALL THE HATE AND ANGER
THAT THE LEFT HARBORS AGAINST
PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE RIGHT.
I DON’T GET IT.
IT’S JUST SAD HOW MUCH DIVIDE
THAT’S BEEN GOING ON IN THE
COUNTRY OVER THE LAST 10 OR 12
YEARS.
THAT MAKES MESAD.
TO ME IS WHY CAN’T WE HAVE A
DEBATE WITHOUT ANGER AND HATE
AND VIOLENCE COMING INTO IT.
YOU HAVE YOUR POINT OF VIEW.
I HAVE MY POINT OF VIEW AND MOVE
ON.
CHERYL: YOU’VE BEEN VICTIMIZED
BY FACEBOOK FOR SURE.
KEVIN SORBO, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
I WANT TO PLUG IN THE NEW
DOCUMENTARY AGAINST THE TIDE.
GO TO AGAINST THE TIDE MOVIE FOR
MORE INFO.
KEVIN GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> THAT JUST CAME OUT THIS
MONTH.
WONDERFUL DOCUMENTARY.