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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRandi Rhodes was suspended from YouTube for showing the Impeachment Manager's video.
For ninety days. No violation of any policy, just a rebroadcast of that excellent 13 minutes.
I have to say, this gives me pause. I don't watch Randi on YouTube, I just download the podcast everyday. She's my go-to for extraordinarily well-informed news analysis; there's a reason Walter Cronkite was one of her biggest fans.
As far as I know YouTube let the MagaNazis run rampant and allowed thousands of auto-registered Russian 'American Patriot' news channels broadcast bullshit every single day until they saw the political winds change and then did too little too late; but for them to shut down Randi like this is a bit of an act of darkness in my book. The 'algorithms' seem suspiciously un-American to me.
I don't have a great deal of trust in mass social media as it is -- haven't touched Facebook in a few years, and let my Twitter account go dormant. I stick to the mighty Democratic Underground, Randi Rhodes (who led me here in 2004), and the Majority Report with Sam Seder -- which means I'm more tuned in to hard fact than most people.
I'm going to write a little letter to [email protected] just because. One spark against the behemoth probably means nothing, but I'll do it anyway. I love Randi Rhodes, always have and always will. Sharpest knife in the drawer, that excellent human. She keeps my moral compass tuned up.
But this event makes me wonder who's home at YouTube. Algorithm Schmalgorithm, some human is picking and choosing, and this particular suspension is a bad sign that gives me a bad feeling.
There is no such thing as both sides. There's right and there's wrong, and it's pretty GODDAMNED OBVIOUS if you can think critically and have some decent history and a little solid science under your belt.
Hmmmmm. They've got me thinking things I don't think they want me thinking. Okay, YouTube. This was a mistake. I read about but didn't consume any of the Insurrectionist crap you let infect my nation, but now that you've messed with my media feed I see you a lot more clearly. This issue just jumped up a few notches on my list.
arthritisR_US
(7,353 posts)OnDoutside
(20,605 posts)riversedge
(72,572 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Must be back up
JI7
(90,226 posts)based on what other people who post YouTube videos have said it's not uncommon for disputes to happen and appeal to YouTube and get their accounts and videos up again.
SunSeeker
(53,405 posts)Just tap "CONFIRM" and you can watch the video.
Roy Rolling
(7,152 posts)They've got me thinking things I don't think they want me thinking.
Please reconsider. This is borderline conspiracy theory stuff. YouTubes actions here are entirely mundane, there is no Big Tech algorithm out to get us. 😁😜
Thats the other camps excuse.
byronius
(7,574 posts)And great avatar.
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)There are many big tech algorithms out to get every one of us flesh entities.
Aussie105
(6,150 posts)Once someone saw it as a way of disseminating unverified and often biased political 'news', it became as valuable as a source of anything as Fox. That is, no value at all.
Those who run social media have no idea of how to reduce political 'news' of a dubious nature. And no intention of doing so.
Needless to say, I'm not on Twitter, Facebook, or Parlor.
Mike Nelson
(10,241 posts)... I wanted to see it again and YouTube had the video... don't understand why it would be banned.
uncle ray
(3,195 posts)quickesst
(6,300 posts)....and have not heard anything since I do not follow her, but does she still believe Hillary Clinton is a fucking whore?
byronius
(7,574 posts)And no, she doesn't. She's had dinner with the Clintons, interviewed Bill a few times, partied with them. The comment was made as part of a stand-up comedy event in the peak of primary season, and people who were there didn't take it the way it sounds.
Yeah, I get that it changed her career path. Doesn't change the fact that she's brilliant.
quickesst
(6,300 posts)... thanks for the information. Good they patched things up. Shows real character on Hillary's part.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)That makes no sense.
byronius
(7,574 posts)Whew.