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David Hogg on attacks from the InfoWars crowd: "The power lies in these advertisers (Original Post) pbmus Mar 2018 OP
This young man is BRILLIANT. Tatiana Mar 2018 #1
He's amazing... HipChick Mar 2018 #2
Except for one problem: Infowars has no advertisers. Initech Mar 2018 #3
Free speech versus fear mongering propaganda YessirAtsaFact Mar 2018 #4

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
1. This young man is BRILLIANT.
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 02:32 PM
Mar 2018

And media-savvy. His teachers did a great job, as well as his parents!

Interviewer: "What was that like [being attacked by the InfoWars crowd]?"

Hogg: "It was wonderful. It was great..."

Initech

(99,915 posts)
3. Except for one problem: Infowars has no advertisers.
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 02:51 PM
Mar 2018

They rely mostly on the shit that Alex Jones hawks through the Infowars Store. Now if there were a way to get the products sold pulled from that, then we might have something. Or also getting Alex kicked off iTunes and Youtube would be a start as well.

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
4. Free speech versus fear mongering propaganda
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 02:53 PM
Mar 2018

Hate radio has reached a level where it’s a lot like yelling “Fire!” In a crowded theater.

I think the FCC could rein this nonsense in if there was an administration in place that would support them.

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