Can't say I'm surprised by this one bit.

Twitter Inc on Thursday banned advertisements from accounts owned by Russian media outlets Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, citing allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that the outlets tried to interfere with the 2016 U.S. election. [..] Election-meddling is “not something we want on Twitter,” the San Francisco-based social network said in an unsigned statement. “We did not come to this decision lightly, and are taking this step now as part of our ongoing commitment to help protect the integrity of the user experience on Twitter,” the company said.

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What election meddling? Telling the truth is now election meddling? Reporting facts rather than mere suppositions and lies is now election meddling? Real Journalism is now election meddling? Are we all Russian agents now when we expose the lies and propaganda being spread in mainstream, major media outlets (e.g., NY TImes, Washington Post, Fox News, MsNBC, CNN, to name but a few) every damn day?

YouTube has already demonetized many popular RT programs, as well as many other progressive sites from The Sane Progressive (who has moved to bitchute as a result of having her videos removed by YouTube), to Secular Report to Tim Black, among countless others.

So to say I am surprised Twitter is moving toward censorship of alternative news sources is shocking would be a lie. But the fact they are doing it as a result of naked allegations by "US intelligence agencies" without any basis in fact is disturbing to say the least. We are quickly headed down a road where the only news outlets that will be allowed to broadcast will be owned by large multinational corporations doing the bidding of their corporate sponsors and advertisers, which includes the US military oh by the way, with an ad budget of over $1.4 Billion.

Anyone reporting stories that don't comply with the approved narratives of large corporations, or that threaten the agenda of the intelligence community and the US Military, are now squarely in the cross-hairs. They mean to take alternative media down by marginalizing its influence, making it too expensive for alternative news outlets to remain in business and by direct censorship where they deem it necessary. Those of us who frequent political sites are aware of this dangerous trend, but the vast majority of Americans who do not spend much time watching the news are often unaware how much "fake news" is being promoted by major media outlets. It's been going on for a while now, but Trump's election seems to have accelerated the process. The "New McCarthyism" is in full swing.

And whether you like Trump or despise him, as I do, this is not "good news" for the future of our country, and more importantly for the future of its people.