Liberal media bias example No. 1,678,987.
Freedom of the Press Foundation executive director Trevor Timm posted something interesting last night. There are actually remarkable similarities in what Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are proposing in terms of controlling the Internet to combat radical Islamic terror, but you wouldn’t know it from the one-sided coverage of Trump. Check it out:
On the left: Trump's remarks on the Internet & free speech everyone is making fun of.
On the right: Hillary Clinton pic.twitter.com/FK4bxdowtC
— Trevor Timm (@trevortimm) December 8, 2015
Clinton wants to “deny them online space”:
While Trump is for “closing up that internet up in some ways”:
Both discounted “freedom of speech.”
And Timm is correct that it’s Trump who’s getting mocked over it:
Donald Trump is so incompetent he thinks he can call Bill Gates to "close up" the internet https://t.co/xa4szCYDP5 pic.twitter.com/7XMNOPU7zG
— The Verge (@verge) December 8, 2015
And you think I once lost it!
Dear oh dear oh dear!
The man is disappearing up his own arse! @realDonaldTrumphttps://t.co/YPbettLV1G
— Ian Royce (@officialroycey) December 8, 2015
Trump says he would talk to Bill Gates and 'close up the internet' to fight ISIS https://t.co/PKxyuOyFCw
— Daily Kos (@dailykos) December 8, 2015
Donald Trump: How much dumb stuff can I say and still have you take me seriously? https://t.co/A0Djqzgpl7
— Jay Yarow (@jyarow) December 8, 2015
Sorry Donald Trump. Bill Gates can't "close up" the internet. His Bing search engine doesn't even know how 🙂 pic.twitter.com/FLD7dDxYTc
— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) December 8, 2015
In which Donald Trump suggests we call Bill Gates (and others) to close up part of the Internet (via @notbuffy_vs) pic.twitter.com/MeveKCxPDw
— alex medina (@mrmedina) December 8, 2015
"Go see Bill Gates to see about shutting the internet" says Trump. coz he has a big switch in his garage that turns the whole world off ?
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) December 8, 2015
https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/674032467448365056
And we’ll end it with this:
Dear Donald Trump: Only Despots ‘Close Up’ the Internet https://t.co/Eywsa9ZuSX pic.twitter.com/fFAf5RZI0W
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 9, 2015
Is Hillary Clinton a despot, too?
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