{"id":206415,"date":"2019-07-12T20:17:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T01:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=206415"},"modified":"2019-07-12T21:08:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T02:08:45","slug":"evidence-live-action-lila-rose-washington-post-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/evidence-live-action-lila-rose-washington-post-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"‘No evidence’? Live Action’s Lila Rose calls out Washington Post for shoddy reporting on Big Tech censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A recent report in The Washington Post shows significant media bias in its reporting on Big Tech censorship of conservative and pro-life groups. The article comes following a summit at the White House yesterday, where Live Action President Lila Rose spoke about the major suppression and censorship<\/a> Live Action has experienced at the hands of Twitter, Facebook\/Instagram, YouTube, and even Pinterest. National Washington Post correspondent Philip Bump even went so far as to title his article, “Trump’s inviting some buds over to complain about how Twitter is mean to them.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Bump has failed to do journalistic due diligence in investigating allegations of censorship. His intentions appear to be political — to go after President Trump, making him the focus, instead of the blatant censorship of Big Tech companies against conservative and pro-life groups.\u00a0In his WashPo analysis, Bump wrote in part, “On Thursday, the president will host a summit focused on social media at the White House. Formally, it\u2019s an event focused on having ‘a robust conversation on the opportunities and challenges of today\u2019s online environment,’ a White House spokesman\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0the New York Times. Informally, it\u2019s a response to ongoing conservative complaints that they are being unfairly and systematically targeted by social media companies for their political beliefs.”<\/p>\n

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WAPO article in Twitter censorship mocks claims by pro-life groups<\/p><\/div>\n

So far this sounds fair, however in his next sentence, Philip Bump writes:<\/p>\n

We’ll interject here to note that there’s no compelling evidence that this is the case<\/strong>. There has been a push by social media companies in recent years to crack down on abusive or hateful rhetoric. It might not be entirely surprising then that supporters of a president who disparages \u201cpolitical correctness\u201d and embraces rhetoric hostile to his opponents should find themselves occasionally a target of efforts to tamp down on abuse…. So Trump invited a number of sympathetic and controversial allies to the White House to discuss all of this. He didn\u2019t invite the companies themselves….\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

There was no mention by Bump about the clear censorship of pro-life groups like Live Action — not one. No request for an interview, no inquiries from the Washington Post to Live Action whatsoever.<\/p>\n

This did not go unnoticed by Live Action president Lila Rose, who took to Twitter<\/a> to correct Bump’s assertions. “Lies from @<\/s>WaPo<\/b><\/a>. \u00a0@<\/s>pbump<\/b><\/a> says there’s ‘no compelling evidence’ of Big Tech political bias. Did you listen to my speech? I shared documented cases of @<\/s>LiveAction<\/b><\/a> & I deplatformed & suppressed for pro-life content, while pro-abortion orgs are welcomed.”<\/p>\n

In addition, here’s a post documenting the multiple ways Big Tech has censored and suppressed<\/a> Live Action.<\/p>\n

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Lila Rose calls out WAPO correspondent Philip Bump over Tech censorship (Image: Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n

READ:\u00a06 things Big Tech is doing to suppress Live Action\u2019s pro-life message<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s Rose speaking at the summit, mentioning just a few instances of Big Tech bias against the pro-life organization:<\/p>\n

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We have been banned or suppressed on virtually every social media platform.<\/p>\n

The active censorship is egregious and we refuse to back down to Big Tech.<\/p>\n

RT!#SocialMediaSummit<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Fen5LIHLQB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Live Action (@LiveAction) July 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n