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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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