If you thought you might catch Donald Trump’s CPAC speech on YouTube this weekend, you might have a hard time finding it. Multiple sources are saying the video has been pulled and Right Side Broadcasting Network has been suspended for two weeks for posting it.
Right Side Broadcasting Network @RSBNetwork said it was suspended by #YouTube for 2 weeks because it broadcast former President Trump’s #CPAC2021 speech. https://t.co/gahWBfQd7M
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) March 4, 2021
Update: YouTube removed the CPAC Trump speech and suspended us for two weeks. https://t.co/nyh2vCOHVJ
— RSBN ?? (@RSBNetwork) March 4, 2021
It’s worth noting that according to YouTube’s terms, our video of Trump’s CPAC speech would have been allowed to stay up had we provided “countervailing viewpoints”.
Essentially we would have had to go on air and say everything Trump just said about election fraud is not true.
— RSBN ?? (@RSBNetwork) March 4, 2021
Even if we believed that, we wouldn’t sell out like that and say it just to keep a video up.
We try to follow the rules. Don’t air certain things that we normally would—but we won’t censor President Trump or push back against things he says that, quite frankly, we agree with.
— RSBN ?? (@RSBNetwork) March 4, 2021
We suppose the House impeachment managers couldn’t make the case that Donald Trump incited an insurrection January 6 by talking about election fraud, but YouTube can shut him down for trying to incite another insurrection or something.
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I’m so appalled ?
— chippy????(ちっぴぃ) (@chippysan) March 4, 2021
Greatest speech I have seen in 2021! #WhereisJoe
— WGS3 (@CleveDiscGolfer) March 4, 2021
Good thing I archived it. ? pic.twitter.com/CjDvWRwRn1
— cornbreadman ?☠️ ?? (@CornBreadMan264) March 4, 2021
Ridiculous…
— Robinson Bernardo ?? (@RobinsonSP77) March 4, 2021
So, ultimately YouTube defines who's right and who's wrong? And they are the police as well as the judge? I may not approve of what Trump says, but shouldn't I be allowed to hear what he has to say, and hear what Right Side Broadcasting Network has to say about other things!?
— EPKT (@Hayubing) March 4, 2021
Unbelievable
— Ray ???? (@TrumpsPatriot17) March 4, 2021
Not cool
— THE Catman (@Catboy02) March 4, 2021
CSPAN also had the speech on their website. Did they take it down?
— From Sea to Shining Sea (@OKCloud9) March 4, 2021
We just checked … it’s still up at C-SPAN:
Still available at C-SPAN
Watching Former President Trump Addresses CPAC @CSPAN https://t.co/6ssDBCXkll
— NYINDEPENDENT?? (@JONEEFRY) March 4, 2021
We’ll admit we missed it. Did he read a Dr. Seuss book or something?
Making sure they can’t cover President Trump anymore is all this is about. Trying to shut them down permanently.
— TRUMP IS MY PRESIDENT! (@red_nov3) March 5, 2021
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‘Quite literally, YouTube is deleting evidence’: Must-read thread details how YouTube removed video of crowd listening to Trump's speech recorded DURING Capitol breach https://t.co/tRrD3Bv7JI
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 26, 2021