Think it through! CNN journo laments US gov't trails Europe in shutting down 'fake news'

“Fake news” isn’t being talked about just in the U.S.:

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is launching a "National Security Communications Unit" to combat fake news. https://t.co/kQWRcoOP4e

— Axios (@axios) January 24, 2018

CNN’s chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto thinks the U.S. government is behind the curve on that issue:

Europe is WAY ahead of the US on this – a concerted effort from UK, to Italy, France and Eastern Europe. https://t.co/POyK4XymdH

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 24, 2018

Really? Be careful what you ask for:

https://twitter.com/Rschrim/status/956284226046963714

Think it through, mainstream media!

https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/956282311565365248

In other words, according to some, that’d be awesome!

https://twitter.com/LDoren/status/956283211532947456

Reporter, and former Obama appointee, is all for censorship.

— Carl Gottlieb (@c_cgottlieb) January 24, 2018

So you want Big Brother overlooking your work? Good to know.

— Dr Sebastian Stones (@Allout1) January 24, 2018

That's probably because we believe in something called "freedom of speech" https://t.co/XAEsxV8ktj

— Alex Lederer™ ????? (@Kevin_Fed16) January 24, 2018

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https://twitter.com/mpratschner/status/956284414878654464

Who’s deciding what is and isn’t “fake news”? This is govt deciding what speech they approve of. Guessing you don’t see a problem though? #Censorship https://t.co/JYYuspi7iw

— Joe (@JoeC1776) January 24, 2018

https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/956283435626254336

In that case, a government official, President Trump, already calls CNN “fake news” on a regular basis. So in a way, Sciutto has what he wants.