“I don’t need to be balanced with equal time,” said late radio giant Rush Limbaugh in 1992.
“I am equal time.”
Limbaugh explained, referencing the TV program he was doing at the time, “Twenty-three hours and 30 minutes of the broadcast day comes from the left. Here’s this little old show, 30 minutes of right-thinking criticism.”
While things have changed in 30 years — censorship efforts have intensified — the propaganda is the same. Just consider that while responding to the Joe Rogan controversy, Spotify CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek said Sunday, “It’s become clear to me that we have an obligation to do more to provide balance and access to widely-accepted information.” (Emphasis added.)
Accepted by whom, he didn’t say.
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