Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government?

Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by chrisan on Thursday September 22, 2022 @01:59PM (#32942430)

> Science is about asking questions, testing hypotheses and independent research corroboration. There have to be checks and balances.

The problem was a lot of these people that came on TV/radio weren't actually doing anything but being the same thing as Tucker Carlson in just "asking questions" in a provocative way but not actually testing hypotheses or doing research.

If you watched something like the UCSF Grand Rounds of Covid you would have seen all the research/questions/hypotheses presented and discussed regularly. They are all on youtube.

There will be no "chilling effect" in the scientific community for a long time because the actual practicing scientists/doctors acted as they should have and did the things you claimed to not have been done.

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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by annad2021 on Thursday September 22, 2022 @11:07PM (#32947551)

People like Tucker Carson? What about "people" like the CNN saying that Joe Rogan was taking horse dewormer? Like, why? Why can't skepticism over ivermectin be expressed in a normal way?

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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by kmlx on Thursday September 22, 2022 @11:20PM (#32947623)

> Why can't skepticism over ivermectin be expressed in a normal way?

because of the business model of TV channels. outrage sells.

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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday September 23, 2022 @12:03AM (#32947907)

Partly because of the lack of acknowledgment about what was already fairly certain about ivermectin, which was dismissed by a bunch of quacks (including the then POTUS), who were absolutely not interested in any kind of "normal" scientific discussion.

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