JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: FACEBOOK'S THIRD-PARTY "FACT-CHECKING" IS A DISGUISED BOOST TO A NEWS INDUSTRY IN ECONOMIC DECLINE - AND HOW IN GOD'S NAME IS CENSORSHIP-ENFORCING QUASI-MONOPOLISTIC FACEBOOK QUALIFIED TO SAY WHAT IS TRUE? - USING MARKET POWER TO SQUASH THE VIEWS OF OTHERS

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The very idea of such an organized effort to “fact check” is absurd and anti-democratic.

And it is actually a disguised form of support for an uncompetitive, quasi-monopolistic industry, the mainline news industry, an industry which in fact is in decline owing to changed economic conditions.

And Facebook?

Good God, As one of its many glorious acts, Facebook removed pictures of a breast with early cancer which a woman thoughtfully had posted to help others understand and be observant.

Facebook is a ridiculous organization, qualified in no way to distinguish what is true or false or good or bad.

Facebook and its chief spokesman have exactly the ethics we expect from monopoly or quasi-monopoly companies.

They are simply heavy-handedly using their market power to enforce pretentious views and squash those of others.