Now, one of the Winklevoss twins ― who are best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the idea for Facebook ― is falsely claiming that the whole fact-checking process is actually censorship.
Cameron Winklevoss made the very Orwellian comment via Twitter on Thursday and managed to work up a quite large ratio in the process.
"Fact checking" is a euphemism for editorializing which is a form of censorship. And that's a fact.
Many Twitter users immediately fact-checked Winklevoss’ false definition of fact-checking.
No, fact checking is investigating an issue in order to verify the facts. Facts exist. The truth exists. And when the president of the U.S. pushes a lie about widespread voter fraud for which there is no evidence, it is 100% within Twitter's rights to fact check him on that.
What are you talking about? Fact checking is speech. It’s basically a way to respond, through more speech, to what another person has said. Editorializing is speech. Censorship would be suppressing fact checks and editorials.
The point is this hollow static of yours is causing many to wonder about that. As you know, fact-checking is not editorializing, and it's a lie to say so. Editorializing is smuggling opinion into ostensible analysis. Fact-checking's about calling out blunders, errors, lies.
Of course it's not censorship. Love how these people whining about censorship and civil rights have never supported others on those issues. Time to start checking for ACLU memberships.
Fact checking is like adding warning labels. Censorship is like banning things.
Given that pro-freedom people have been pushing the former as an alternative to the latter for decades, I'd say we should give people trying to actually implement the former some slack.
Censorship has always been a concern throughout American history. How important was censorship to our Founding Fathers? Our government was literally founded on it with the First Amendment which established freedoms such as speech, expression, press, protest and religion. With the recent attempts by countries to limit freedoms by censoring people's abilities to express their thoughts and words, such as in Pakistan with the temporary banning of Twitter, Americans have unleashed a barrage of criticisms towards those governments who are attempting to squash one of America's most cherished amendments. Most Americans may not be able to list all of our 27 amendments, but we never have a problem remembering the first. Though many governments throughout the world are guilty of violating specific freedoms, many Americans fail to realize that, just because our constitution states that we are entitled to certain freedoms, America hasn't always necessarily practiced what we preach, or even founded our nation on.
10. "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will get you arrested."
Presidents are people too, and some have used the power that comes with the office to seek revenge on certain critics. Honestly, I believe my first act as president would be to arrest and exile every single one of my ex-girlfriends going back to the first grade. With that being said, John Adams earns our No. 10 spot. The fact that he had to follow George Washington as president would be enough to make any man feel inadequate, but Adams received a barrage of insults. So, like every man in the 18th century who was criticized, one would challenge one's critics to duels in order to defend one's honor. But, Adams was not the confrontational type. So, instead, in 1798, Adams passed the Sedition Acts, which made it illegal to criticize a government official without supporting those criticisms in court.
9. "The British Perversion"
In 1748, John Cleland, an English author, wrote Fanny Hill, one of the most erotic novels of the time, and it's no shock that America's first playboy, Ben Franklin, had a copy. But, in 1821, America banned the book from being published in America (of course that only led to a greater demand for the book). It wasn't until 1966 that the Supreme Court lifted the ban, giving Fanny Hill the record for being the book that was banned the longest in American history. Compared to today's standards, Fanny Hill could be made into a Disney Channel movie.
8. "Don't Understand the Lyrics"
In 1968, a Texas radio station led a personal attack against singer Bob Dylan and banned every one of his songs from being played on its station. It wasn't what Bob Dylan said that led the station to ban his records; it was what he said that they didn't understand. Their concern was, since they couldn't understand the lyrics of his songs, he might be singing about inappropriate or offensive things. Therefore, it was easier just not to play his records. I have to imagine that Sting and a few specific rappers would fall into this category today. In recent news, Bob Dylan was honored at the White House on May 29 by President Obama when he was awarded the Medal of Freedom, which is the highest award a US civilian can receive. Take that Texas. We'll be sure to have subtitles for his acceptance speech to make it easier for you to understand.
7. "America's First Navel Battle"
What girls wear on various family networks today would have literally caused heart attacks a few decades ago. But, in the '60s, when actresses exposed a certain part of their bodies on television, instantly they were told to cover up or else. You may think I'm referring to revealing their "side boobs," but, in fact, it was their belly buttons. Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island, Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie, and even Gidget herself were all forced to conceal their navels.
6. "The Salem Witch Trials Continued"
Throughout history, people have found a simple and effective way to eliminate books from corrupting our minds: set them on fire. Book burning has occurred since the 15th century and continues to make appearances, even as recently as a few years ago when a Florida pastor was going to burn the Quran in protest. But, even more so than the Quran, various religious groups set ablaze the Harry Potter series, which they believed was preaching "occult practices," and would possibly encourage children to attend Hogwarts after high school and not Harvard. As a historian, I understand the effectiveness of book burning in the past, when books were very limited in quantity due to the fact that printing was still in its infancy. I just wonder what book burners will do now since the Kindle and Nook have come out? I assume they will just download the books they despise, and then delete them.
5. "Extreme Close Up"
Before Justin Bieber, and even before Michael Jackson's famous crotch grab, there were the gyrating hips of Elvis Presley, which were rumored to be able to impregnate a teenage girl if she stared at them for too long. I may be exaggerating a little, but people believed a lot of strange things in the fifties and sixties. Either way, during a TV appearance in 1956 on The Ed Sullivan Show (the most popular show in America at the time), Presley only could be filmed from the waist up in order to not offend or over-stimulate the viewing audience.
4. "35 And Pregnant"
With MTV's TV line up including a popular show titled 16 and Pregnant, one would think that Americans are very accepting towards teenage girls displaying their pregnancies on national TV. Americans are far more accepting now of showing a female with a baby bump on TV than they were in the past. In 1952, Lucille Ball, the star of I Love Lucy and possibly the funniest woman ever, did what many married women do: She got pregnant. The only problem was that TV executives had difficulty addressing the issue on the show because they felt America wasn't quite ready to see on TV something that they see in their everyday lives. So, for the entire season, they refrained from using the actual word "pregnant" and, instead, used the less damaging terms "expecting" and "with child."
3. "Men on Tights Can Damage a Child's Innocence"
Considering that we are always in the need of a hero, it may come to a surprise that, not too long ago, comic books weren't as revered by society. Prior to the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), there was the CCA (Comics Code Authority). The CCA was an independent organization that set the standards for comic book content. In 1954, a doctor named Frederic Wertham wrote Seduction of the Innocent which stated that comics that possess "questionable content" may lead children toward a life of crime, violence and deviant behavior. The same argument is made today about the effect that TV and video game content may have on children. While cigarette commercials were being marketed towards children and endorsed by doctors, comic books were being censored and even banned in some cases.
2. "The Great White Nope"
Race is still an issue in present-day America. So, you can only imagine the racism that was apparent and accepted in America in the decades following the end of slavery. Most Americans know about the heroics of Jackie Robinson who crossed the color barrier in baseball, but, as a lover of history, I can't understand why one of the most significant black athletes isn't even mentioned in history textbooks. It's safe to assume that Jack Johnson did more for African Americans and minorities than Jackie Robinson. In the early 20th century, when Africans Americans regularly were being lynched in South, Jack Johnson became the first African American champion of any white dominated sport; it was the most masculine of all the sports: Boxing. By defeating Jim Jeffries, the defending champion and legend, Johnson proved to the world that African Americans deserve an equal place in society, nearly 50 years before the Civil Rights Movement occurred. This boxing match was so damaging to the morale of racist white Americans, that Congress banned the fight from being reshown in any theater in America. It wasn't until 1940 that the ban was lifted. The modern equivalent would be that, if the majority of Congress is New England Patriots fans, they ban last year's Super Bowl from being replayed because the New York Giants won.
And number one is... "Go Pluck Yourself"
This is not the most extreme form of censorship, but it is definitely one of the strangest examples. Looney Tunes have been a staple in America for nearly seventy years, but there was a time when Warner Brothers was considered risqué with their character depictions. We have all seen the political incorrectness of some portrayals of certain races in their cartoons, but racism was somewhat accepted at the time. But, Looney Tunes wasn’t attacked for its racist portrayals, but for the initial portrayal of one of the most beloved characters: Tweety Bird. In 1942, Warner Brothers was going introduce Tweety Bird in a cartoon titled “A Tale of Two Kitties.” The only problem is that the Hayes Office, which was the bureau that monitored content at the time, was not very happy with cartoonist Bob Clampett’s new character. Originally, Clampett drew Tweety without any feathers and, therefore, a “naked” Tweety was unacceptable to the Hayes Office, who forced him to either put Tweety’s feathers back on or cut him from the cartoon entirely. Maybe this explains why they never had any issue with Donald Duck’s lack of pants.
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