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Journalistic integrity means vetting sources of “news”, especially in this day in age when so many videos are just clips out of context. I completely agree with Twitter keeping NY Post account disabled. Until they can prove to be a real news source, they are tabloid fake news. The fact they they will publish articles other news sites won’t means not that they are “The Rogue News Organization in a sea of Liberal Media”, but more “They post bullshit that’s intended to incite culture war, not report the news”.

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Twitter shouldn't decide for me what I may or may not read.

> Twitter shouldn't decide for me what I may or may not read.

Of course, but Twitter doesn't do that and never has. You are still very able to read what the New York Post writes by typing https://nypost.com/ into your browser, and Twitter's not going to stop you from doing that.

Twitter has a 1st Amendment right to decide what you may or may not read on Twitter.

exactly, a tweet is a platform specific mode of communication that shouldn't be covered by one's 1st amendment rights. You have the right to say what you want, Twitter has a right to not let you on Twitter.

Twitter doesn't decide for you what you may or may not read. I imagine you got here from some path other than Twitter. Therefore, you reading this reply to your comment comes irrespective to Twitter deciding what is allowable on their platform.

If the moderators of this site decide my comment is out of line with the standards this site tries to uphold, does this make me unable to communicate entirely? No, I'm still able to write whatever nonesense on plenty of other websites. Or I can host my own website where I can freely post whatever nonsense I choose to post. All the way up to the point where no ISP will offer me an internet connection or all the regional number organizations refuse to give me even a single IP address.

down-vote all you want but I take the same stance with liberal "news" as I do with conservative "news". News shouldn't be political. News should be factual. Observe and report, never interfere. I take the same stance with journalists reporting on BLM protests when they stand on the side of the protesters. You're going to get arrested with them, credentials or not. Journalism has now become a "Social Justice" platform and not reporting of fact. https://ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2011/04/20/the-fall-and-r...

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