If the media's taking credit for pressuring Facebook to remove pages, here's a suggestion

Brett T. | 7:45 PM on August 06, 2018

CNN’s Oliver Darcy sort of gave up the game when he tweeted that the media should be given more credit for having Alex Jones removed from platforms such as YouTube and Facebook; we knew the mainstream media acted as the gatekeepers for what we saw and heard, but it was something to hear one of their own solicit thanks for getting an independent voice banned.

Important to note that tech platforms did not enforce their own rules and take action against Alex Jones / InfoWars on their own accord.

It took media outlets to point out for weeks that InfoWars was skirting the rules on these tech platforms for them to enforce own standards.

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 6, 2018

As long as the cat’s out of the bag and we know the media can (if it wants to) target a site or page for “de-platforming,” The Weekly Standard’s Mark Hemingway had a request of sorts:

In case you're wondering, here's the Facebook page for Bekeley's Antifa group. Color me shocked there's no media led effort to deplatform them. https://t.co/CYcrnEEVhi https://t.co/j7j6rXGKEe

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) August 6, 2018

Hmm … we did notice that Berkeley Antifa uses its Facebook page to coordinate “protests,” like this one at which they attempted to smash the windows of a Marine recruiting office. Sounds like they also tried to intimidate the videographer.

After I filmed the antifa break the Marine Corps office window and throw a torch into a dumpster, one of them called a few over to confront me. They basically told me to leave, implying attack if I didn't. I left.

"Get the fuck back. Cops aren't here. They won't help you." pic.twitter.com/7m8WkNmOy9

— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) August 6, 2018