{"id":2506,"date":"2022-10-15T19:33:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T05:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/?p=2506"},"modified":"2022-10-17T01:16:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T11:16:40","slug":"corporate-media-censorship-in-the-public-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/?p=2506","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Media Censorship in the Public Square"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Where do <strong>Free Press<\/strong> and <strong>Free Speech<\/strong> fit for all corporate Press media?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an article about a possible ethics investigation on Congressman Kai Kahele from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/2022\/10\/congressional-ethics-watchdog-calls-for-ethics-investigation-into-kahele\/\">Civil Beat<\/a>   This  proposed congressional action seems too politically time for elections 2022, considering there are so much compelling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/projects\/how-much-are-they-worth\/\">questions<\/a> about other members in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/congress-stock-act-violations-senate-house-trading-2021-9\">Congress<\/a>.  2022 Gallup Poll has Congress at a 18%  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/389096\/congressional-approval-sinks-democrats-sour-further.aspx\">job approval<\/a> from the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EXCERPT from Civil Beat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>According to the press release, more information will be released in November when the committee, which is chaired by <strong>U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, <\/strong>announces its \u201ccourse of action.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-7.08.33-PM-1024x855.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2509\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-7.08.33-PM-1024x855.png 1024w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-7.08.33-PM-470x392.png 470w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-7.08.33-PM-768x641.png 768w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-7.08.33-PM-1536x1282.png 1536w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-7.08.33-PM-2048x1710.png 2048w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-7.08.33-PM-624x521.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought the above article raises more questions. I submitted my comments. But my comments were censored. It did not have the opportunity to contribute a different perspective to the subject matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-11.56.49-AM-930x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2508\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-11.56.49-AM-930x1024.png 930w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-11.56.49-AM-409x450.png 409w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-11.56.49-AM-768x846.png 768w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-11.56.49-AM-1395x1536.png 1395w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-11.56.49-AM-624x687.png 624w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-11.56.49-AM.png 1842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-11.57.22-AM-971x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2507\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-11.57.22-AM-971x1024.png 971w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-11.57.22-AM-427x450.png 427w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-11.57.22-AM-768x810.png 768w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-11.57.22-AM-1457x1536.png 1457w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-11.57.22-AM-624x658.png 624w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-11.57.22-AM.png 1882w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far it&#8217;s still not approved yet. This is not the only incident. What&#8217;s happening to Free Speech and Free Press?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"905\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-7.38.49-PM-1024x905.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-7.38.49-PM-1024x905.png 1024w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-7.38.49-PM-470x415.png 470w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-7.38.49-PM-768x679.png 768w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-7.38.49-PM-1536x1357.png 1536w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-7.38.49-PM-2048x1810.png 2048w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-15-at-7.38.49-PM-624x551.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UPDATE:  Sunday Morning, October  16, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I experimented again and submit a short version of my comments See Below. This time it was not censored and allowed to be posted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The question remains. What are the criteria for censorship? Other negative comments were allowed to be posted against Congressman Kai Kahele. However, my comments about &#8220;<em> but this nail that sticks out is obviously an irritation that has to be pounded back into status quo&#8221; <\/em> was censored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-16-at-11.54.32-AM-1024x839.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2517\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-16-at-11.54.32-AM-1024x839.png 1024w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-16-at-11.54.32-AM-470x385.png 470w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-16-at-11.54.32-AM-768x629.png 768w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-16-at-11.54.32-AM-1536x1258.png 1536w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-16-at-11.54.32-AM-2048x1678.png 2048w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-16-at-11.54.32-AM-624x511.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do Free Press and Free Speech fit for all corporate Press media? This is an article about a possible ethics investigation on Congressman Kai Kahele from Civil Beat This proposed congressional action seems too politically time for elections 2022, considering there are so much compelling questions about other members in Congress. 2022 Gallup Poll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[215,467],"class_list":["post-2506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-civil-beat","tag-kai-kahele"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2506"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2519,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506\/revisions\/2519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}