need to see this entire NPR interview with Andrew Callaghan because it sounds like it was a disaster pic.twitter.com/lIOTQBsCwd— toni (@tonestirade) January 5, 2023
Saying he's "platforming" Alex Jones is incredibly silly when Jones is more famous than him. It also implies that he or anyone else somehow gets to decide if he has a "platform" or not. That's not how it works, which means your only choice is in whether or how you engage with Jones and his views. That's not just true of Alex Jones, it's true of many of the problematic figures where this debate over "platforming" them has come up. It's dumb.
In a hypothetical world where the dictatorship of the proletariat has control of the media, maybe, but we don't live in that world.
I don't think I understand. Is it not fair to criticize an independent journalist for platforming an insane fascist?
Saying he's "platforming" Alex Jones is incredibly silly when Jones is more famous than him. It also implies that he or anyone else somehow gets to decide if he has a "platform" or not. That's not how it works, which means your only choice is in whether or how you engage with Jones and his views. That's not just true of Alex Jones, it's true of many of the problematic figures where this debate over "platforming" them has come up. It's dumb.