Media takes a hit from Obama - Silencing Public Opinion
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Stumble Thisseriously.. wtf Obama?!?! Hillary blocked comments altogether.. Obama allows only non-opposing posts.. that's pretty messed up. I've seen Fox News do this sort of thing.
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You wouldn't see a movie who's commercials say how bad it sucks would you?
YouTube is a cesspool for comments and if they have to edit, why not leave the comments that support their candidate.
Anyone under 50 might know the "internet tubes" have "spammers"...
All this does prove is that McCain does not pay attention to the little things... and that Obama has even minute details covered.
I find it alarming that YOU find it alarming, in light of the fact these fear mongering tactics actually work so damn well.
This says nothing about freedom of speech.
Now the roundup and imprisonment of activists near the RNC, and riot cops randomly gassing crowds, that says something about freedom of speech.
If they are... should I be outraged? If he were to say, falsely accuse McCain of wanting to teach kindergartners about fucking in a campaign ad... that would alarming. I don't know if I could support a candidate that supported those kinds of lies and distortions, but a campaign deleting negative YouTube comments... meh.
1) youtube is a spam/flame-fest, moderation of popular videos is required if any discussion is expected to take place.
2) it's on fucking YOUtube, anybody can post pretty much anything they want, neither campaign has any power over it.
Anybody who's been on the internet for more than a week knows how vicious and persistent the right wing can be - especially its many racist members.
Why indulge them?
Let them rave in their own little cesspools of idiocy.
I've seen ignorance and intolerance from all directions as well.
Many of you make very good points here but clearing ALL of the comments that aren't praising Obama.. that kind of irks me.
I don't have a problem with the Obama campaign deleting comments with racist epithets, or are juvenile like "OBAMA SUCK MY WEENIE!", or are spam. But come on, are ALL anti-Obama comments THAT bad? Really? Of the millions of YouTube users who are supporting McCain, not ONE of them has written a thoughtful yet critical comment about Obama?
I'm supporting Obama because he's a HELL of a lot better than McCain, but that doesn't mean that Obama should be beyond criticism. And one more thing: I guarantee that if the McCain campaign was doing this instead of Obama, this video would have at least 5 times as many votes by now, if not more.
It alarms me that the Obama campaign is doing this because I'm always alarmed when politicians try to silence dissent. It's not democratic at all.
Also I don't know how correct this video even is. I can't read any of the comments that scroll through the video. The only thing that tells me something are the red dots. I don't know how reliable the person is that put those in.
Now, do i agree with it? No.
Obama's been called worse on the basketball court, now he needs to experience the stinging pain of the internet slur. As all IP addresses should.
Besides, as pipp3355 pointed out, I can't check these comments for myself as they're unreadable as they scroll by. We only have the video creator's word, and based on the other videos that they have posted on YouTube, I don't think that's a credible source.
Also comments like "obama deletes bad comments here" or "this site is heavily censoring anti-Obama comments" do not seem to get removed.
I tried it again stating that he hasn't really elaborated on an economic policy and needs to do so and it also got removed.
Tested on this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR1VruSYu7c which is showcased on Barack's main page.
username: barackobama.com
tried, tested and confirmed... my opinion was silenced.
Some of you are very quick to downvote with an incorrect assertion that the maker of this vid is deceiving us. Knee-jerk reactions. You know you could have easily tested this yourself.
Some of you are very quick to downvote with an incorrect assertion that the maker of this vid is deceiving us. Knee-jerk reactions. You know you could have easily tested this yourself.
Could have, yes. However, the burden of proof lies with the individual making the assertion. In my opinion the video creator didn't provide sufficient evidence, hence the downvote.
"obama" will not "silence" dissent; "bush" has already tortured innocent people in far away prisons.
it can't get any worse, cp. don't worry about youtube comments.
You stereotype and overgeneralize so much it's ridiculous.
>> ^rougy:
Come on....
Anybody who's been on the internet for more than a week knows how vicious and persistent the right wing can be - especially its many racist members.
Why indulge them?
Let them rave in their own little cesspools of idiocy.
This employer themself belongs to quite a small sect espousing judeo-christian beliefs.
I quit, having had my suspicions they were an asshole, but waiting until confirmation came out of their lips and into my sweet ears.
Let's elect Obama, and if every racist, ignorant, apathetic, greedy, fearful, ungrateful, 51% majority, uneducated or educated-but-still-a-fuckwit prick turns out to be right, your Bud Light Lime is on me, Larry the Cable Guy.
But when they're wrong, AGAIN, for the billioneth time in human history... this time.... I'm gonna be super duper mad for reals.
And I'm totally telling.