Charles Dharapak
Two Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Representative Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.), have written a letter to cable and streaming services to question the networks and shows they carry. Of course, the Democrats’ primary targets are Fox News, OANN, and Newsmax, the three channels that do not push the preferred narrative of Democrats and the rest of the corporate media. The companies contacted include AT&T, Verizon, Roku, Amazon, Apple, Hulu, Comcast, and Dish. Here is the essence of their inquiry:
Nearly half of Americans get their news primarily from TV. However, not all TV news sources are the same. Some purported news outlets have long been misinformation rumor mills and conspiracy theory hotbeds that produce content that leads to real harm. Misinformation on TV has led to our current polluted information environment that radicalizes individuals to commit seditious acts and rejects pub
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Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.) on Monday wrote letters to twelve of the largest cable, satellite and technology companies which, per a press release from the two of them, is “urging them to combat the spread of misinformation and requesting more information about their actions to address misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, and lies spread through channels they host.”
The letters went out to the heads of AT&T, Verizon, Roku, Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Charter, Dish, Cox, Altice, Alphabet (Google), and Hulu.
The timing of the letter is timed ahead of the House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee’s scheduled hearing on Wednesday, on the subject of “Fanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media.” Eshoo and McNerney are both members of that committee.
Democrats, for the past four years, were absolutely horrified by President Donald J. Trump's pending authoritarianism and assault on our First Amendment rights.